autoimmune disease, n.
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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autoimmune disease autoimmune disorder
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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
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