| autoimmunity | <immunology> A condition in which an individual's immune system starts reacting against his or her own tissues, causing diseases such as lupus. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| autoimmunization | Induction of autoimmunity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoimmunocytopenia | Anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia resulting from cytotoxic autoimmune reactions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoinfection | 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms on or within the body that have already passed through an infective cycle, such as a succession of boils, or a new infective cycle with production of a new generation of larvae and adults, as by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis or the cestode Hymenolepsis nana. 2. Self-infection by direct contagion as with parasite eggs passed in the infectious state transmitted by fingernails (anal-oral route), as with the pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis. Synonym: autoreinfection, self-infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoinfusion | Forcing the blood from the extremities or other areas such as the spleen, as by the application of a bandage or pressure device, to raise the blood pressure and fill the vessels in the vital centres; resorted to after excessive loss of blood or other body fluids. Compare: autotransfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoinoculable | Susceptible to autoinoculation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoinoculation | A secondary infection originating from a focus of infection already present in the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autointoxicant | An endogenous toxic agent that causes autointoxication. Synonym: autotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autointoxication | A disorder resulting from absorption of the waste products of metabolism, decomposed matter from the intestine, or the products of dead and infected tissue as in gangrene. Synonym: autotoxicosis, endogenic toxicosis, enterotoxication, enterotoxism, intestinal intoxication, self-poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoisolysin | An antibody that in the presence of complement causes lysis of cells in the individual in whose body the lysin is formed, as well as in others of the same species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autokeratoplasty | Grafting of corneal tissue from one eye of a patient to the fellow eye. Origin: auto-+ G. Keras, horn, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| autokinesia | Autokinesis Voluntary movement. Origin: auto-+ G. Kinesis, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| autokinetic | Relating to autokinesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autokinetic effect | In psychology, the apparent drifting about of a small, fixed, spot of light which is being observed in a dark room. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autolesion | A self-inflicted injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoimmune |
of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body
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| autolytic |
of or relating to self-digestion
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| autoplastic |
of or relating to or involved in autoplasty
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| autoradiographic |
of or relating to or produced by autoradiography
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| autoimmune disease |
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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| aut | originating where it is found |
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| aut | of rocks, deposits, etc. |
| aut | originating where it is found |
| aut | nativeness by virtue or originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) |
| aut | a device for heating substances above their boiling point |
| aut | subject to the action of an autoclave |
| aut | any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification |
| aut | a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual |
| aut | a political system governed by a single individual |
| aut | a dictator or dictatorial person |
| aut | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule |
| aut | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |