AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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(s)
   • autoimmune disorder (what does autoimmune disorder mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) autoimmune disease is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disease (what does disease mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • type I diabetes (what does type I diabetes mean?)
   • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (what does insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • IDDM (what does IDDM mean?)
   • juvenile-onset diabetes (what does juvenile-onset diabetes mean?)
   • juvenile diabetes (what does juvenile diabetes mean?)
   • growth-onset diabetes (what does growth-onset diabetes mean?)
   • ketosis-prone diabetes (what does ketosis-prone diabetes mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-prone diabetes (what does ketoacidosis-prone diabetes mean?)
   • autoimmune diabetes (what does autoimmune diabetes mean?)
   • rheumatoid arthritis (what does rheumatoid arthritis mean?)
   • atrophic arthritis (what does atrophic arthritis mean?)
   • rheumatism (what does rheumatism mean?)
   • ankylosing spondylitis (what does ankylosing spondylitis mean?)
   • Marie-Strumpell disease (what does Marie-Strumpell disease mean?)
   • rheumatoid spondylitis (what does rheumatoid spondylitis mean?)
   • discoid lupus erythematosus (what does discoid lupus erythematosus mean?)
   • DLE (what does DLE mean?)
   • Hashimoto’s disease (what does Hashimoto’s disease mean?)
   • lupus erythematosus (what does lupus erythematosus mean?)
   • LE (what does LE mean?)
   • scleroderma (what does scleroderma mean?)
   • dermatosclerosis (what does dermatosclerosis mean?)
   • thrombocytopenic purpura (what does thrombocytopenic purpura mean?)
   • idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (what does idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura mean?)
   • purpura hemorrhagica (what does purpura hemorrhagica mean?)
   • Werlhof’s disease (what does Werlhof’s disease mean?)