autoantibody

English Thesaurus

1. an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	antibody,
definition	:	any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	rheumatoid factor,
definition	:	autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis (noun.state)