What does "autoimmune" mean?

Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.

What is a synonym for "autoimmune"?

Common synonyms include: immune-mediated, immunopathogenic, immunopathologic, self-reactive.

Pronounced //ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn//.

/ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

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

"Tom was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis."

From auto- + immune.