Autoimmune

//ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to autoimmunity. not-comparable

    "The massive usage of the same peptide blocks in microbial and human proteomes inficiates any causal relationship(s) between sharing of microbial amino acid motifs/structures and autoimmune reactions in humans."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body wordnet

Example

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"Tom was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis."

Etymology

From auto- + immune.

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