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Definition: Immunosuppressive |
ImmunosuppressiveAdjective1. Of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Describes the ability to lower immune system responses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Immunosuppressive |
| English words defined with "immunosuppressive": azathioprine ♦ immunosuppressive drug, Imuran ♦ opportunistic infection. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "immunosuppressive": Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents, Azaserine ♦ Blastocystis Infections ♦ Cell Migration Inhibition, Cinanserin, Cycloleucine, Cyclophosphamide, Cyclosporins ♦ Ellipticines ♦ Gliotoxin ♦ Ifosfamide, Immunocompromised Host, Immunosuppressive Agents, immunosuppressive therapy, Immunotherapy ♦ Mice, Inbred MRL lpr, Muromonab-CD3, Mustard Compounds ♦ Pancreas Transplant, Pentostatin ♦ Razoxane, Reticuloendotheliosis Virus, Avian, Rhodococcus equi ♦ Tacrolimus, Tacrolimus Binding Proteins, Thiamphenicol, Transplantation Conditioning. (references) |
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Health | Immunosuppressive agents work by blocking the immune reaction that contributes to inflammation. (references) | |
Some studies suggest that immunosuppressive drugs may enhance the effectiveness of corticosteroids. (references) | ||
For individuals with severe complications, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs may be prescribed. (references) | ||
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| "Immunosuppressive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Immunosuppressive" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "immunosuppressive": Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents ♦ Immunosuppressive Agents ♦ immunosuppressive drug ♦ immunosuppressive therapy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
immunosuppressive therapy | 8 |
immunosuppressive drug | 7 |
immunosuppressive | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "immunosuppressive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 免疫抑制. (various references) | |
Danish | indgivelse af immunosuppressive stoffer (immunosuppressive therapy), immunosuppressivt stof (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), immunodepressive medikamenter (immunosuppressive drugs). (various references) | |
Dutch | immuunsuppressief medicijn (chemical immunosuppressive), immunosuppressieve therapie (immunosuppressive therapy), immunosuppressief medicament (chemical immunosuppressive), medicamenteus immunosuppressief middel (chemical immunosuppressive). (various references) | |
Finnish | immunosuppressori (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug). (various references) | |
French | immunosuppresseur chimique (chemical immunosuppressive), immunosuppresseur (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), immunodépresseur chimique (chemical immunosuppressive), traitement immunosuppresseur (immunosuppressive therapy), gène immunosuppresseur (immunosuppressive gene), effet immunosuppresseur (immunosuppressive effect). (various references) | |
German | Immunsuppressivum (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive therapy). (various references) | |
Greek | ανοσοκατασταλτική αγωγή (immunosuppressive therapy), ανοσοκαταστολέας (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug). (various references) | |
Italian | immunosopprimente (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), immunosoppressivo (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), immunodepressore (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), immunodepressivo (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), terapia immunosoppressiva (immunosuppressive therapy), gene immunosoppressore (immunosuppressive gene), farmaco immunosoppressore (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), farmaco immunosoppressivo (chemical immunosuppressive). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immunosuppressiveay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | imunosupressão (immunosuppressive therapy), imunossupressor (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug), terapia imunossupressora (immunosuppressive therapy), terapêutica imunossupressora (immunosuppressive therapy), agente imunossupressor (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug). (various references) | |
Spanish | inmunosupresión (immunosuppression, immunosuppressive therapy), tratamiento inmunosupresor (immunosuppressive therapy), terapia inmunosupresora (immunosuppressive therapy), sustancia inmunosupresora (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug), gen inmunosupresor (immunosuppressive gene), fármaco inmunosupressor (chemical immunosuppressive). (various references) | |
Swedish | immunsuppressivt medel (immuno suppressant drug, immunosuppressive drug). (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Immunosuppressive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: immunosupressive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-m-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-s-u-u-v" | |
-3 letters: immunosuppress, imperviousness. | |
-4 letters: imperiousness, purposiveness. | |
-5 letters: perviousness, previousness, superimposes, supervisions, unimpressive. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01101101 01110101 01101110 01101111 01110011 01110101 01110000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m m u n o s u p p r e s s i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 006D 0075 006E 006F 0073 0075 0070 0070 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4379798780818587828284718585758871 |
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