"autoimmunity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: autoimmunities [plural]
Etymology: From auto- + immunity. Etymology templates: {{af|en|auto-|immunity|id1=self}} auto- + immunity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autoimmunity (countable and uncountable, plural autoimmunities)
  1. (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Immunology, Pathology Derived forms: polyautoimmunity Translations (condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues): autoimmunitat [feminine] (Catalan), 自身免疫疾病 (zìshēn miǎnyì jíbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), autoimunita [feminine] (Czech), auto-immuniteit [feminine] (Dutch), sjálvórin (Faroese), autoimmuniteetti (Finnish), autoinmunidade [feminine] (Galician), Autoimmunität [feminine] (German), autoimmunitás (Hungarian), autoimmunità [feminine] (Italian), 自己免疫 (jikomen'eki) (Japanese), 자가 면역 (jaga myeonyeok) (alt: 自家免疫) (Korean), autoimunidade [feminine] (Portuguese), autoimunitate [feminine] (Romanian), аутоиммунность (autoimmunnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), autoimunita [feminine] (Slovak), autoinmunidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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