autoimmune en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune English autoimmune From auto- + immune.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
Pinkett Smith has shared publicly that she has alopecia areata, addressing her and other patients’ experiences during her June 1 episode of “Red Table Talk,” her Facebook Watch show. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss on the scalp and elsewhere, according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.
2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, in CNN:The massive usage of the same peptide blocks in microbial and human proteomes inficiates any causal relationship(s) between sharing of microbial amino acid motifs/structures and autoimmune reactions in humans.
2012 June 1, Darja Kanduc, “Peptide cross-reactivity: the original sin of vaccines”, in Frontiers in Bioscience: Scholar Edition, volume 4, number 4, IMR Press, →DOI, →PMID, page 1395:
Deriveds
nonautoimmune · neuroautoimmune
Relateds
Translations (28)
ga uath-imdhíonachta (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · fr auto-immun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ja 自己免疫の (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · nl auto-immuun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ca autoimmune (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · hu autoimmun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · fi autoimmuuni- (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · es autoinmune (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · es autoinmunitario (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ko 자가 면역(自家免疫)의 (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · cy hunanimíwn (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · fo sjálvórins- (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · no autoimmun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · cs autoimunitní (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · cmn 自身免疫的 (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · da autoimmun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · it autoimmune (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · gl autoinmune (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · tr otoimmün (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · de autoimmun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · fo sjálvórinin (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · id autoimun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · bg автоиму́нен (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ar مَنَاعِيّ ذَاتِيّ (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · sv autoimmun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ru аутоиммунный (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · pt autoimune (of or pertaining to autoimmunity) · ro autoimun (of or pertaining to autoimmunity)