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autosensitization
autosensitization n. 
/ˌɑdoʊˌsɛnsəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ (also autosensitisation) Medicine (a) sensitization to a foreign antigen already present within the body (now rare or disused); (b) the development or production of autoimmunity or autoallergy; cf. autoimmunization n.
Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)sɛnsᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)sɛnsᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˌsɛnsəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
, /ˌɔdoʊˌsɛnsəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n//ˌɑdoʊˌsɛnsəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1911 Jrnl. Med. Res. 24 390 Many of the symptoms of active tuberculosis are due to this condition which, in the infected individual, we may call auto-sensitization.
1964 W. G. Smith Allergy & Tissue Metabolism i. 8 In cases where no previous history of contact with an external allergen has been obtained, it has been suggested that hypersensitivity is the result of allergens produced endogenously. The phenomenon is then described as autosensitisation.
2001 S. Sell Immunol., Immunopathol., & Immunity (ed. 6) xiii. 445 It is postulated that there is an autosensitization to myelin, and a number of observations indicate that the demyelination is T cell dependent.
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