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noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: antibody
Narrower terms: rheumatoid factor
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- English antibody English autoantibody From auto- + antibody.
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