myelosuppressiveadj.
/ˌmʌɪələ(ʊ)səˈprɛsɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪəloʊsəˈprɛsɪv/ Medicine.
Causing myelosuppression; of or relating to myelosuppression.
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1960 Clin. Res. 8 370/2 This study was undertaken to investigate the functional marrow reserve in patients with neoplastic disorders before, during and after treatment with various myelosuppressive agents.
1971 Science 22 Jan. 293/1 The transfusion of peripheral blood leukocytes..can initiate early bone marrow recovery after a course of myelosuppressive chemotherapy.
1992 Lancet 13 June 1486/1 The intravenous administration of ganciclovir has a variable clinical response. Most often this is a result of dose reduction due to myelosuppressive side-effects.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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