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There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Autoimmune Disease.
Autoimmune Disease - as a noun
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 (Exact Relations)
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)
- myasthenia
- myasthenia gravis
- disseminated multiple sclerosis
- disseminated sclerosis
- ms
- multiple sclerosis
- autoimmune diabetes
- growth-onset diabetes
- iddm
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- juvenile-onset diabetes
- juvenile diabetes
- ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
- ketosis-prone diabetes
- type i diabetes
- exophthalmic goiter
- graves' disease
- atrophic arthritis
- rheumatism
- rheumatoid arthritis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- marie-strumpell disease
- rheumatoid spondylitis
- discoid lupus erythematosus
- dle
- hashimoto's disease
- le
- lupus erythematosus
- pemphigus
- dermatosclerosis
- scleroderma
- idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- purpura hemorrhagica
- thrombocytopenic purpura
- werlhof's disease
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Example Sentences
"Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that affects the joints."
"Multiple sclerosis is an example of an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system."
"Celiac disease is a common autoimmune disease triggered by gluten intolerance."
"Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas."
"Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland."
