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.
Kelly is now battling a second recurrence of oral cancer. (REUTERS/Ron Kuntz) Jim Kelly, the Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Buffalo Bills until 1996, is one of the greatest football players that I have ever seen.