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Meaning of autosensitization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

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.

uncountable, usually

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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