AUTOIMMUNITY

autoimmunity

(noun) production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autoimmunity (countable and uncountable, plural autoimmunities)

(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e, an autoimmune disorder.

Source: Wiktionary



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