Hypernyms for "autoimmune disease"
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Hypernyms
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ankylosing spondylitis
atrophic arthritis
autoimmune diabetes
dermatosclerosis
discoid lupus erythematosus
disseminated multiple sclerosis
disseminated sclerosis
DLE
exophthalmic goiter
Graves'' disease
growth-onset diabetes
Hashimoto''s disease
IDDM
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
juvenile diabetes
juvenile-onset diabetes
ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
ketosis-prone diabetes
LE
lupus erythematosus
Marie-Strumpell disease
MS
multiple sclerosis
myasthenia
myasthenia gravis
pemphigus
purpura hemorrhagica
rheumatism
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid spondylitis
scleroderma
thrombocytopenic purpura
type I diabetes
Werlhof''s disease
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.