autosensitization
autosensitization noun: a hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.
Noun
autosensitization (usually uncountable, plural autosensitizations)
- A hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.
Forms of autosensitization
| plural | autosensitizations |
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Origin of autosensitization
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from auto- + sensitization = auto- + sensitize + -ation.
Questions about autosensitization
- What does autosensitization mean?
- Autosensitization means a hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.
- What part of speech is autosensitization?
- Autosensitization is a noun.
- What is the plural of autosensitization?
- The plural of autosensitization is autosensitizations.
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