Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a chemical substance produced by some soil fungi, which suppresses the cellular immune response by inhibiting T cell activation, and has been used in medicine to reduce foreign tissue rejection, especially subsequent to organ transplant surgery.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
cyclosporine .
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Examples
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The Swiss pharmaceutical Sandoz discovered the immunosuppressant cyclosporin from the insect-killing Cordyceps fungus and changed human-organ transplant surgery.
Dr. Reese Halter: Mother Nature's Medicine Cabinet Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Other immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin which allows for the use of less steroid but is a powerful drug that absolutely affects the patient's immune system.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Does Your Pet Have Allergies? Dr. Richard Palmquist 2011
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Closest OTTOMH is "cyclosporin" but googlers, or real medical peeps on this forum, can do better, I'm sure.
Suing your own abortionist for making you witness the murder of your accidentally delivered child. Ann Althouse 2009
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Other immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin which allows for the use of less steroid but is a powerful drug that absolutely affects the patient's immune system.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Richard Palmquist 2011
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Those rejection problem could be solved by using drugs such as cyclosporin which suppress the immune system.
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"Under normal circumstances, the body would attack a transplanted organ unless immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin were given," said Sprent.
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"Under normal circumstances, the body would attack a transplanted organ unless immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin were given," said Sprent.
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"Under normal circumstances, the body would attack a transplanted organ unless immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin were given," said Sprent.
innovations-report 2009
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"Under normal circumstances, the body would attack a transplanted organ unless immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin were given," said Sprent.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Professor Sprent says under normal circumstances, the body would attack a transplanted organ unless immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin were given - in this new research mice were given a substance, or 'complex', that altered their immune systems, so that they accepted transplanted cells as their own.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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