Svensk definition
Avsiktligt undertryckande eller dämpning av immunsvaret hos en individ. Effekten kan vara ospecifik, som vid tillförsel av immunsuppressiva läkemedel eller strålbehandling eller utslagning/förlust av lymfocyter, eller specifik, som vid desensibilisering eller samtidig tillförsel av antigen och immunsuppressiva medel.
Engelsk definition
Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.
Svenska synonymer
Immunsuppressiv behandling — Immunsuppression
Engelska synonymer
Immunosuppression Therapies — Therapies, Immunosuppression — Therapy, Immunosuppression — Anti-Rejection Therapy — Anti Rejection Therapy — Anti-Rejection Therapies — Therapy, Anti-Rejection — Immunosuppressive Therapy — Immunosuppressive Therapies — Therapies, Immunosuppressive — Therapy, Immunosuppressive — Immunosuppression — Immunosuppressions — Therapy, Antirejection — Antirejection Therapies — Antirejection Therapy