Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - auto-immune

also autoimmune Auto-immune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body’s immune system. ...auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. ADJ: usu ADJ n AUTOMATE (automates, automating, automated) To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people. He wanted to use computers to automate the process. VERB: V n • automation In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half. N-UNCOUNT