immunosuppression
noun
im·mu·no·sup·pres·sion
ˌi-myə-nō-sə-ˈpre-shən 
i-ˌmyü-nō-
: suppression (as by drugs or disease) of the immune response
Extreme caution must be exercised, however, in recipients of renal transplants because of immunosuppression and the susceptibility to infection.—
Rosalyn Kutcher et al.
Rosalyn Kutcher et al.Examples of immunosuppression in a Sentence
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The team observed only mild rejection that required intensifying immunosuppression medication to reverse it.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Those patients who were classified as having severe immunosuppression had a malignancy, or had a [bone marrow] transplant.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 24 Jan. 2024
But for patients who receive new kidneys, the transplant is often followed by severe lifelong challenges, many of which are linked to the immunosuppression drug regimen required after surgery to ensure the body does not reject the new organ.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Both subjects were on immunosuppression at the time.3 What to Know About Lantidra
This drug was specifically approved to tackle ongoing and severe low blood sugar in patients with type 1 diabetes who are unable to reach target blood sugar levels despite intensive diabetes management and education.
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
But for Ken, long COVID was more than a year of inconsistent but extreme memory loss, extreme fatigue and immunosuppression that led to several emergency department visits.
—Emily Mendenhall, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
The next step, researchers say, is to use the same combination of genetic engineering and immunosuppression to fully replace a baboon heart with a pig heart.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation Transplantation surgery requires lifelong immunosuppression, which can complicate blood sugars and cause hyperglycemia.
—Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2023
Three children who have undergone kidney transplants in California will likely be spared from ever having to take anti-rejection medication, because of an innovative technique that eliminates the need for lifelong immunosuppression, ground-breaking new research suggests.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 15 June 2022
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Those patients who were classified as having severe immunosuppression had a malignancy, or had a [bone marrow] transplant.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 24 Jan. 2024
But for patients who receive new kidneys, the transplant is often followed by severe lifelong challenges, many of which are linked to the immunosuppression drug regimen required after surgery to ensure the body does not reject the new organ.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Both subjects were on immunosuppression at the time.3 What to Know About Lantidra
This drug was specifically approved to tackle ongoing and severe low blood sugar in patients with type 1 diabetes who are unable to reach target blood sugar levels despite intensive diabetes management and education.
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
But for Ken, long COVID was more than a year of inconsistent but extreme memory loss, extreme fatigue and immunosuppression that led to several emergency department visits.
—Emily Mendenhall, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
The next step, researchers say, is to use the same combination of genetic engineering and immunosuppression to fully replace a baboon heart with a pig heart.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation Transplantation surgery requires lifelong immunosuppression, which can complicate blood sugars and cause hyperglycemia.
—Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2023
Three children who have undergone kidney transplants in California will likely be spared from ever having to take anti-rejection medication, because of an innovative technique that eliminates the need for lifelong immunosuppression, ground-breaking new research suggests.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 15 June 2022
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immunosuppression
noun
im·mu·no·sup·pres·sion
-sə-ˈpresh-ən
: 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
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