suppressive
Britishadjective
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tending or acting to suppress; involving suppression
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psychiatry tending to prevent the expression of certain of one's desires or to resist the emergence of mental symptoms
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Kidney cancer has fewer mutations to target, while bladder cancer has a more suppressive tumor environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
These suppressive T cells instruct the rest of the immune system to stand down as the pregnancy develops and linger in the mother's body for years after giving birth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
That is why I believe protecting libraries from suppressive movements is a societal necessity.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
In such cases the suppressive treatment, by drugs or knife, is again applied instead of eliminative and curative measures.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
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