- autoimmunity
- n.a disorder of the body's defence mechanisms in which an immune response is generated against components or products of its own tissues, treating them as foreign material and attacking them.
The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
autoimmunity — autoimmunity. См. аутоиммунитет. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Autoimmunity — Infobox Disease Name = Autoimmunity Caption = DiseasesDB = 28805 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|279.4 ICDO = OMIM = 109100 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D001327 Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism to recognize its own… … Wikipedia
autoimmunity — (aw to ī mun ī te) Autoimmunity is a condition characterized by the presence of serum autoantibodies and self reactive lymphocytes. It may be benign or pathogenic. Autoimmunity is a normal consequence of aging; is readily inducible by infectious… … Dictionary of microbiology
autoimmunity — noun see autoimmune … New Collegiate Dictionary
autoimmunity — See autoimmune. * * * the state in which the immune system reacts against the body s own normal components, producing disease or functional changes. The human immune system performs a surveillance function, identifying and disposing… … Universalium
autoimmunity — noun The condition where ones immune system attacks ones own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder … Wiktionary
autoimmunity — 1. In immunology, the condition in which one s own tissues are subject to deleterious effects of the immune system, as in autoallergy and in autoimmune disease; specific humoral or cell mediated … Medical dictionary
autoimmunity — n. self immunization, production of antibodies within the body … English contemporary dictionary
autoimmunity — au·to·immunity … English syllables
autoimmunity — The state of having acquired an immunologic memory that says a normal cell membrane is other , and having forming antibody responses against it. A viral infection or organic chemical (hapten) may have started the response, but surviving… … Herbal-medical glossary