Cyclosporin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cyclosporin \cyclosporin\, cyclosporine \cyclosporine\n.
     a chemical substance produced by some soil fungi, which
     suppresses the cellular immune response by inhibiting T cell
     activation, and has been used in medicine to reduce foreign
     tissue rejection, especially subsequent to organ transplant
     surgery.


     [PJC] Cyclostomata