AUTOIMMUNITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("autoimmunity" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Holonyms ("autoimmunity" is a part of...):

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

Derivation:

autoimmune (of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body)

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