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First Known Use of immunosuppression
1963
Medical Dictionary
immunosuppression
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noun
im·mu·no·sup·pres·sion
\-sə-ˈpresh-ən\
Medical Definition of immunosuppression
: suppression (as by drugs or disease) of the immune response Recurrent infection may develop in some patients despite minimization of their immunosuppression.—Jay A. Fishman, The New England Journal of Medicine, 20 Dec. 2007
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