Where does “immunosuppressed” come from?

Immunosuppressed derives from English immuno- combined with English suppress, which comes from Old French suppresser, from Latin suppressus meaning "held back or kept down."

immunosuppressed (English): Affected by immunosuppression

Definitions

  1. Affected by immunosuppression

Ancestry of “immunosuppressed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishimmuno-Relating to the immune systems and processes in a...
2English‐o‐—
3Latin‐o‐—
4Ancient Greek-ό-—

Words derived from “immunosuppressed”

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