Meanings
comparative more immunosuppressive · superlative most immunosuppressive
- immunologyHaving the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.
It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.
2013, Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young, Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host, →ISBN, page 275
plural immunosuppressives
- immunologyAn agent which is capable of immunosuppression.
Synonyms: immunosuppressor, immunosuppressant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn agent which is capable of immunosuppression.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
- Proto-Italic*moinos
- Latinmūnus
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinin- -is
- Latinimmūnis
- Middle Frenchimmun
- Englishimmune
- Englishimmuno-
- Englishsuppress
- Englishsuppressive
- Englishimmunosuppressive
From immuno- + suppressive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish hylkimistä estävä, immunosuppressiivinen
- hylkimistä estäväcapable of immunosuppression
- immunosuppressiivinencapable of immunosuppression
French immunosuppresseur
- immunosuppresseurcapable of immunosuppression
Polish immunosupresyjny
- immunosupresyjnycapable of immunosuppression
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with immunosuppressive
Cite this entry
immunosuppressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressive
“immunosuppressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunosuppressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunosuppressive.
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