2. verb. If a natural function or reaction of your body is suppressed, it is stopped, for example by drugs or illness. The reproduction and growth of the cancerous cells can be suppressed by bombarding them with radiation. ...the strongest evidence so far that ultraviolet light can suppress human immune responses.
Passing on: Actor Jim Kelly, 67, has died after suffering from cancer. Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67. Marilyn Dishman, Kelly's ex-wife, said he died on Saturday of cancer at his home in San Diego.
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) â Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly says he has been diagnosed with cancer in his upper jaw bone and will have surgery on June 7. Kelly is suffering from squamous cell carcinoma, but he has recently undergone tests to show that the cancer is isolated in his jaw and has not spread to other parts of his body.  1 The past couple of weeks have been difficult for me, Kelly said.