immunosuppress

English

Etymology

From immuno- +‎ suppress. Possibly a back-formation from immunosuppression.

Verb

immunosuppress (third-person singular simple present immunosuppresses, present participle immunosuppressing, simple past and past participle immunosuppressed)

  1. (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.
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