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Autoimmunity is the condition in which the immune system fails to recognise self and reacts against the body’s own cells and tissues.
Autoimmune response is an immune reaction in which antibodies or immune cells are produced against the body’s own antigens.
Autoimmune disease is a pathological condition caused due to autoimmunity, where self-tissues are damaged or destroyed by the immune system.
Malignant tumour is a cancerous tumour that grows rapidly, invades surrounding tissues and spreads to distant organs.
Benign tumour is a non-cancerous tumour that remains confined to its original site and does not spread to other parts of the body.
Tumour is a mass of abnormally proliferating cells formed due to uncontrolled cell division.
Metastasis is the process by which cancer cells spread from the primary site to distant organs through blood or lymph.
Cancer is a disease characterised by uncontrolled and abnormal division of body cells due to loss of normal growth regulation.
