immunosuppress
English edit
Etymology edit
From immuno- + suppress. Possibly a back-formation from immunosuppression.
Verb edit
immunosuppress (third-person singular simple present immunosuppresses, present participle immunosuppressing, simple past and past participle immunosuppressed)
- (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
- 1999, Angus G. Dalgleish, Robin A. Weiss, HIV and the New Viruses, page 179:
- If AIDS is fuelled by a chronic activation of the immune system, then it would make sense to immunosuppress these patients.
- 2001, Albert O. Bush, Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites, page 23:
- Most parasitic organisms are known to immunosuppress their host to some extent.