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Categories: All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, Immune system, Immunology, Medical treatments
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immunosuppression  Cataphylaxis  decreased resistance to infection  Immune-suppression  immune suppression
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Lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) WordNet 3.0
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Lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Wikipedia
The reduction of the activity or efficacy of the immune system. OmegaWiki