suppressive
Example Sentences
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After receiving the transplants, the mice no longer needed immune suppressive drugs or insulin at any point during the six-month study.
From Science Daily
The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.
From Los Angeles Times
"One of the things that we showed exploring all of this iron biology is that ferroptosis is tumor suppressive, as everybody suspected -- but much more profoundly in younger animals," Dr. Tammela says.
From Science Daily
Moreover, Ctdnep1 knockdown also led to increased absorption of calcium phosphate, suggestive of the suppressive role of Ctdnep1 in bone resorption.
From Science Daily
In Scientology, cult critics are labeled "suppressive persons," for instance.
From Salon
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