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Definition: Autoimmune Disease |
Autoimmune DiseaseNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them. (references) |
Medicine | A disease in which the body produces an immunogenic response against self-antigens. In some cases, predominantly one organ is affected, e. g. haemolytic anaemia; in others, the disease process is diffused through many tissues, e. g. systemic lupus erythematosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Autoimmune DiseaseSynonym: autoimmune disorder (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Autoimmune Disease |
| English words defined with "autoimmune disease": atrophic arthritis, autoimmunity ♦ dermatosclerosis ♦ rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis ♦ scleroderma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "autoimmune disease": Interferon Type II ♦ Ovarian Failure, Premature ♦ Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune ♦ Sjogren's Syndrome ♦ Wegener's granulomatosis. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. (references) | |
Another aspect of Hyper-IgM Syndrome is autoimmune disease. (references) | ||
This autoimmune disease results in thickening of the skin and blood vessels. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "autoimmune disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | autoimmun sygdom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | auto-immuunziekte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | autoimmuunitauti, autoimmuunisairaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maladie auto-immune. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autoimmunkrankheit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτοάνοσος πάθηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | malattia autoimmunitaria, malattia autoimmune. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | autoimmuneay iseaseday doença auto-imune. (various references) аутоиммунная болезнь. (various references) enfermedad autoinmunitaria. (various references) autoimmun sjukdom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
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-4 letters: immediateness. | |
-5 letters: eudaemonisms, eudaemonists, eudaimonisms. | |
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