autoimmunization

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auto- +‎ immunization

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autoimmunization (countable and uncountable, plural autoimmunizations)

  1. (immunology) The process of becoming autoimmune.
    • 2009, Walter K.H. Krause, Immune Infertility: The Impact of Immune Reactions on Human Infertility[1]:
      Nevertheless, when the extent of sperm autoimmunization was taken into account, it was inversely correlated with the overall fertilization rate.

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