suppressive

English

Etymology

From suppress +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈprɛ.sɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

suppressive (comparative more suppressive, superlative most suppressive)

1. That serves to suppress.

Derived terms

• allosuppressive
• atherosuppressive
• cardiosuppressive
• fibrosuppressive
• hypersuppressive
• immunosuppressive
• lymphosuppressive
• myelosuppressive
• neurosuppressive
• nonsuppressive
• oncosuppressive
• semisuppressive
• suppressively
• suppressiveness
• suppressive person
• thrombosuppressive
• unsuppressive

Translations

Translations

Spanish: suprimiente

Noun

suppressive (plural suppressives)

1. Any drug that acts to suppress a condition.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

suppressive

1. inflection of suppressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular