immunosuppressant

adjective

Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.

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immunosuppressiveimmunosuppressorimmunosuppressive drugimmune suppressant drug
OriginEnglish suppressant ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

adjectiveimmunosuppressant (comparative more immunosuppressant, superlative most immunosuppressant)

comparative more immunosuppressant · superlative most immunosuppressant

  1. medicineCapable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
nounimmunosuppressant (plural immunosuppressants)

plural immunosuppressants

  1. medicineAn immunosuppressive agent.

    Synonyms: immunosuppressive, immunosuppressor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn immunosuppressive agent.

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immunosuppressiveimmunosuppressor

More synonyms by meaning

nouna drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

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immunosuppressorimmunosuppressive drugimmunosuppressiveimmune suppressant drug
Broader
medicinemedicationmedicament
Also see
immunosuppressiveimmunosuppressor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Englishsuppressant
  15. Englishimmunosuppressant

From immuno- + suppressant.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 免疫抑制劑 /免疫抑制剂
  • 免疫抑制劑 /免疫抑制剂 (miǎnyì yìzhìjì)an immunosuppressive agent
Czech imunosupresivum
  • imunosupresivuman immunosuppressive agent
Finnish hylkimisenestolääke
  • hylkimisenestolääkean immunosuppressive agent
German Immunsuppressivum
  • Immunsuppressivuman immunosuppressive agent
Japanese 免疫抑制剤
  • 免疫抑制剤 (men'ekiyokuseizai)an immunosuppressive agent
Slovak imunosupresívum
  • imunosupresívuman immunosuppressive agent
Spanish inmunosupresor
  • inmunosupresoran immunosuppressive agent
Cite this entry
APA

immunosuppressant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressant

MLA

“immunosuppressant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunosuppressant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressant.

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