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autoimmune

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AO2 T OY1 M Y UW0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: immunology, medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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- 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.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنَاعِيّ ذَاتِيّ (manāʕiyy ḏātiyy) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Bulgarian: автоиму́нен (avtoimúnen) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Catalan: autoimmune — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自身免疫的 (zìshēn miǎnyì de) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Czech: autoimunitní — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Danish: autoimmun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Dutch: auto-immuun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Faroese: sjálvórinin — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Faroese: sjálvórins- — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Finnish: autoimmuuni- — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • French: auto-immun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Galician: autoinmune — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • German: autoimmun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Hungarian: autoimmun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Indonesian: autoimun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Irish: uath-imdhíonachta — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Italian: autoimmune — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Japanese: 自己免疫の (jikomen'eki no) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Korean: 자가 면역(自家免疫)의 (jaga myeonyeog-ui) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Norwegian: autoimmun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Portuguese: autoimune — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Romanian: autoimun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Russian: аутоиммунный (autoimmunnyj) — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Spanish: autoinmune — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Spanish: autoinmunitario — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Swedish: autoimmun — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Turkish: otoimmün — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
  • Welsh: hunanimíwn — of or pertaining to autoimmunity
Real reading context

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