: a T cell that suppresses the immune response of B cells and other T cells to an antigen
called alsosuppressor cell
Word History
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
suppressor T cell
noun
: a T cell that suppresses the immune response of B cells and other T cells to an antigen resulting in tolerance for the antigen by the organism containing the T cell
called alsosuppressor cell, suppressor lymphocyte, suppressor T lymphocyte, T suppressor cell