immunosuppressant
- n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
- Because it is an immunosuppressant, it can make users susceptible to opportunistic infections.
- And the patient must overcome the always-present risk of tissue rejection, for which she will require immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life.
- Yet with the use of immunosuppressant drugs, he says, the technique could work between sisters or even strangers.