IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunosuppressive mean? 

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (noun)
  The noun IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE has 1 sense:

1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (adjective)
  The adjective IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressor

Hypernyms ("immunosuppressive" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunosuppressive"):

mercaptopurine; Purinethol (a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia)

amethopterin; methotrexate; methotrexate sodium (toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis)

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

immunosuppression (lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer))

 Context examples 

A non-metabolizable synthetic amino acid, formed through the cyclization of the amino acid leucine, with immunosuppressive, antineoplastic, and cytostatic activities.

(Cycloleucine, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist with metabolic, anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive activity.

(Desoximetasone, NCI Thesaurus)

A glucocorticoid receptor agonist with metabolic, anti-inflammatory, and immunosuppressive activity.

(Clocortolone Pivalate, NCI Thesaurus)

CellCept is a type of immunosuppressive agent.

(CellCept, NCI Dictionary)

It is involved in the regulation of signal transduction and is the target of an important class of immunophilin-immunosuppressive drug complexes in T-lymphocytes that act by inhibiting T-cell activation.

(Calcineurin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cannabinoid isolated from the plant Cannabis that is a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), with potential immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Cannabinol, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also has immunosuppressive and antiviral properties.

(Didemnin B, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties.

(Diflorasone, NCI Thesaurus)

A pyrimidine analogue and purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor with immunosuppressive and antineoplastic properties.

(Peldesine, NCI Thesaurus)

The active metabolite of the nitrogen mustard cyclophosphamide with potent antineoplastic and immunosuppressive properties.

(Perfosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)