autoimmune
adj/ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/
Etymology From auto- + immune.
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Immunology, Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
- The massive usage of the same peptide blocks in microbial and human proteomes inficiates any causal relationship(s) between sharing of microbial amino acid motifs/structures and autoimmune reactions in humans.2012 June 1, Darja Kanduc, “Peptide cross-reactivity: the original sin of vaccines”, in Frontiers in Bioscience: Scholar Edition, volume 4, number 4, IMR Press, →DOI, →PMID, page 1395:
- Pinkett Smith has shared publicly that she has alopecia areata, addressing her and other patients’ experiences during her June 1 episode of “Red Table Talk,” her Facebook Watch show. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss on the scalp and elsewhere, according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- neuroautoimmune, nonautoimmune
- Related terms
- autoreactive