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autoimmune disease (AW-toh-ih-MYOON...)

A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.

Previous Definitions:	auricular, Aurimmune, Aurora kinase inhibitor AT9283, autoclave, autoclave-resistant factor
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