autoimmune disease (n)
autoimmune disorder (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 26
def 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
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Hypernym disease
Hyponym 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
Part meronym autoimmunity
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Hyponym disease
Hypernym 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
Part holonym autoimmunity

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