autoantibodyn.
/ˌɔːtəʊˈantɪˌbɒdi/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈæn(t)əˌbɑdi/, /ˌɔdoʊˈæn(t)iˌbɑdi/, /ˌɑdoʊˈæn(t)əˌbɑdi/, /ˌɑdoʊˈæn(t)iˌbɑdi/ Immunology.
An antibody produced against a constituent of an organism's own tissues; (as a mass noun) antibody of this nature.
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Russell body1892
precipitin1900
nephrotoxin1902
hepatotoxin1903
opsonin1903
autoantibody1905
concanavalin1917
isoantibody1919
reagin1925
immune globulin1934
macroglobulin1952
immunoglobulin1953
properdin1954
LATS1961
alloantibody1964
xenoantibody1974
monoclonal1980
abzyme1986
1905 Biol. Bull. 9 147 Such autoantibodies may be formed without experimental interference under natural pathological and even normal conditions.
1943 Brit. Jrnl. Exper. Pathol. 24 122 It seems appropriate to look upon the cold agglutinin in atypical pneumonia as an auto-antibody.
1965 New Scientist 11 Mar. 628/3 Since rheumatoid factor activity is directed against the individual's own IgG, it too may be regarded as ‘auto-antibody’.
2004 J. Playfair Living with Germs (2007) vii. 175 In the acute neurological disease known as the Guillain–Barré syndrome, autoantibodies occur against molecules on nerve cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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