autoimmune

From auto- +‎ immune.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/

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autoimmune (not comparable)

1. (pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
   • 2012 June 1, Darja Kanduc, “Peptide cross-reactivity: the original sin of vaccines”, in Frontiers in Bioscience: Scholar Edition‎^[1], volume 4, number 4, IMR Press, →DOI, →PMID, page 1395:

     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.

   • 2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

• autoreactive

From auto- +‎ immune.

autoimmune (feminine autoimmuna, masculine and feminine plural autoimmunes)

1. autoimmune

• autoimmunitari
• autoimmunitat

• “autoimmune”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

From auto- +‎ immune.

• IPA^(key): /aw.to.imˈmu.ne/
• Rhymes: -une
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧im‧mù‧ne

autoimmune m or f (plural autoimmuni)

1. (pathology, immunology) autoimmune

• autoimmunità
• autoimmunizzazione