Term Name:	symbiont-mediated suppression of host defenses
Synonyms:	down regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction, down regulation by symbiont of host defense response, down-regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction, down-regulation by symbiont of host defense response, downregulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction, downregulation by symbiont of host defense response, inhibition by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction, inhibition by symbiont of host defense response, negative regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction, negative regulation by organism of defense response of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction, negative regulation by symbiont of host defense response, negative regulation of host defenses, suppression of defense response of other organism, suppression of defense response of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction, suppression of defenses of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction, suppression of host defense response, suppression of host defenses by symbiont
Definition:	A process in which a symbiont interferes with, inhibits or disrupts the normal execution of host defense(s) by active mechanisms that normally result in the shutting down of a host pathway. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0044414]    QuickGO    AmiGO