immunosuppression

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The suppression of the immune response, especially its active medical suppression by human agency (via immunosuppressant drugs) to treat autoimmune diseases or to prevent allograft rejection after transplant.

Usage notes
Some writers reserve the word immunosuppression for the active and intentional hyponymous subset of, but this usage prescription is not widely followed, as the attested strength of the collocation immunosuppression by HIV illustrates.

Translations

 * Arabic: نقص المناعة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: immunosuppressie
 * Finnish:
 * German: