autoimmune disease meaning

Definition of autoimmune disease

1. 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

   Synonyms: autoimmune disorder

   Type of: disease

   Kinds: myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, type I diabetes, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, discoid lupus erythematosus, Hashimoto's disease, lupus erythematosus, pemphigus, scleroderma, thrombocytopenic purpura

autoimmune disease in a sentence

• He's developed an autoimmune disease from all these rare volumes.
• You've given yourself an autoimmune disease.
• Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease.
• More women than men suffer from autoimmune diseases.
• The birth rates are declining due to the impact of autoimmune diseases.

How to pronounce autoimmune disease

autoimmune disease is pronounced /ˌɔˈtɔɪmjun dɪˈziz/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.