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)
双语例句
Suppression of the immune response,as by drugs or radiation,in order to prevent the rejection of grafts or transplants or control autoimmune diseases. 免疫抑制通过药物或放射治疗实现的对免疫反应的抑制，目的在于阻止对移植物或移植的排斥或者来控制自身免疫病。
