"immunosuppress" meaning in English

See immunosuppress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: immunosuppresses [present, singular, third-person], immunosuppressing [participle, present], immunosuppressed [participle, past], immunosuppressed [past]
Etymology: From immuno- + suppress. Possibly a back-formation from immunosuppression. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|immuno-|suppress}} immuno- + suppress, {{back-formation|en|immunosuppression|nocap=1}} back-formation from immunosuppression Head templates: {{en-verb}} immunosuppress (third-person singular simple present immunosuppresses, present participle immunosuppressing, simple past and past participle immunosuppressed)
  1. (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-immunosuppress-en-verb-HPHlqfwt Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with immuno-

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause immunosuppression in."
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