immunosuppressedadj.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊsəˈprɛst/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊsəˈprɛst/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊsəˈprɛst/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊsəˈprɛst/ Medicine and Biology.
Affected by immunosuppression; having a suppressed immune system.
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1967 Jrnl. National Cancer Inst. 38 754/1 Pretreatment..with this alkylating agent resulted in..increased growth and earlier tumor deaths in the immunosuppressed animals.
1988 J. C. Bell et al. Zoonoses 124 It [sc. listeriosis] occurs mainly in pregnancy, and in neonates, immunosuppressed patients and the elderly.
2003 Independent 11 Aug. (Review section) 11/5 I am immuno-suppressed so have to be very careful about health risks and required vaccinations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1967- antiracisms
- antiracist
- antiracists
- antiradiating
- antiradiation
- antiradical
- antiradicalism
- antiradicalisms
- antirecession
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- antireform
- antireformer
- antireforming
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- antiregulation
- antiregulatory
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- antirent
- antirenter
- antiresonance
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