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    AUTOIMMUNITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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