IMMUNOSUPPRESSOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunosuppressor mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSOR (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 ("immunosuppressor" 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 "immunosuppressor"):

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)