IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunosuppressive drug mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG (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 drug" 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 drug"):

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)

 Context examples 

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)