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Definition of Autoimmunity
1. Noun. Production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions.
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Derivative terms: Autoimmune
Definition of Autoimmunity
1. Noun. (pathology immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autoimmunity
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Medical Definition of Autoimmunity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoimmunity
Literary usage of Autoimmunity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"autoimmunity and infection may be related to each other insofar as ... Several
investigators have been studying how infection or autoimmunity could affect ..."
2. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Aborted (i-cell autoimmunity Studies of schoolchildren with no family history of
... Over 1-2 years, autoimmunity remitted in up to 78% of these children ..."
3. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan German Blazer (2006)
"... presence of host immune response genes which carry the potential for autoimmunity.
Second is exposure to a proinflammatory or antigenic challenge (which ..."
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