autoimmune disease
Noun 1. 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 (synonym) autoimmune disorder (hypernym) disease (hyponym) type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes (part-meronym) autoimmunity | ||||
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Autoimmune disease Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
autoimmune disease
A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
autoimmune
adjective
referring to an immune reaction in a person to antigens in his own tissue
autoimmune disease = disease where the patient's own cells are attacked by autoantibodies; rheumatoid arthritis is thought to be an autoimmune disease
adjective
referring to an immune reaction in a person to antigens in his own tissue
autoimmune disease = disease where the patient's own cells are attacked by autoantibodies; rheumatoid arthritis is thought to be an autoimmune disease
| NDIC Diabetes Dictionary |
autoimmune (AW-toh-ih-MYOON) disease
disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign.
disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign.
| Hepatitis Central (TM) Liver Disease Medical Glossary |
Autoimmune Disease
A disease process that involves the production of host antibodies to host tissue
A disease process that involves the production of host antibodies to host tissue
| NKUDIC Kidney and Urologic Diseases Dictionary |
autoimmune (AW-toh-ih-MYOON) disease
Any disorder in which the body is attacked by its own himmune system. Examples are Goodpasture syndrome and lupus erythematosus (see lupus nephritis).
Context: Kidney Diseases
Any disorder in which the body is attacked by its own himmune system. Examples are Goodpasture syndrome and lupus erythematosus (see lupus nephritis).
Context: Kidney Diseases
| Glossary of HIV/AIDS Terms |
Autoimmune disease
A disease which arises from and is directed against an individual's own tissue (a problem with transplants).
A disease which arises from and is directed against an individual's own tissue (a problem with transplants).
| Diabetes Glossary |
Autoimmune Disease
Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Insulin-dependent diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells.
Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Insulin-dependent diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells.
| Glossary of allergy and infectious diseases |
autoimmune disease
condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own organs and tissues.
condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own organs and tissues.
| Muscle Pain |
Autoimmune disease
a disease arising from and directed against the individual´s own tissues.
a disease arising from and directed against the individual´s own tissues.
| MS glossary |
Autoimmune disease
A process in which the body’s immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells, organs, or tissues in the body that are essential for good health. Multiple sclerosis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, along with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and many others. The precise origin and pathophysiologic processes of these diseases are unknown.
A process in which the body’s immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells, organs, or tissues in the body that are essential for good health. Multiple sclerosis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, along with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and many others. The precise origin and pathophysiologic processes of these diseases are unknown.
Autoimmune disease Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism to recognize its own constituent parts (down to the sub-molecular levels) as "self", which results in an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune disease. Prominent examples include Coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1 (IDDM), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS), Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). See List of autoimmune diseases.
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