Autoantibody

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself.

    "In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter."

  2. 2
    an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it wordnet

Example

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"In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter."

Etymology

From auto- + antibody.

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