Organism Function
natural immunosuppression
nat·u·ral im·mu·no·sup·pres·sion
Definitions related to natural immunosuppression:
  • (immunosuppression) Natural, usually physiologic downregulation of the immune system; compare with ARTIFICIAL IMMUNOSUPPRESSION.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (immunosuppressive effect) An Immunosuppressive Effect involves interference with, or restraint of, the function of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular, cell, or tissue components of a normal immune response.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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