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immunomodulator

noun
im路​mu路​no路​mod路​u路​la路​tor | \ 藢i-my蓹-n艒-藞m盲-j蓹-藢l膩-t蓹r How to pronounce immunomodulator (audio) , i-藢my眉-n艒-\

Definition of immunomodulator

: a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system

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Other Words from immunomodulator

immunomodulatory \ 藢i-​my蓹-​n艒-​藞m盲-​j蓹-​l蓹-​藢t券r-​膿 How to pronounce immunomodulatory (audio) , i-​藢my眉-​n艒-​ \ adjective

Examples of immunomodulator in a Sentence

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Revlimid, scientific name lenalidomide, is an antitumor immunomodulator used to treat blood cancer. Mckenna Moore, Fortune, "Russian Drugmaker Granted License to Produce Celgene Copycat," 11 July 2018 Four other checkpoint inhibitors have since been approved, and untold dollars and energy have flooded immuno-oncology (IO) subfields, including cancer vaccines, immunomodulators and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies. Scientific American, "After the Gold Rush," 3 May 2018

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First Known Use of immunomodulator

1975, in the meaning defined above

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immunomodulator

noun
im路​mu路​no路​mod路​u路​la路​tor | \ -藞m盲j-蓹-藢l膩t-蓹r How to pronounce immunomodulator (audio) \

Medical Definition of immunomodulator

: a chemical agent (as methotrexate or azathioprine) that modifies the immune response or the functioning of the immune system (as by the stimulation of antibody formation or the inhibition of white blood cell activity)

Other Words from immunomodulator

immunomodulatory adjective