autoimmune disease

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autoimmune disease > noun, state
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	autoimmune disorder
Parts	autoimmunity
Broader	disease
Narrower	myasthenia gravis, myasthenia; multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis; type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes; Graves' disease, exophthalmic goiter; rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism; ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis; discoid lupus erythematosus, DLE; Hashimoto's disease; lupus erythematosus, LE; pemphigus; scleroderma, dermatosclerosis; thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease