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Re:The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune di... by coldtea on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:01AM (#27842406)
>- it's what your body does to fight things off.

That's immunity.

Auto in auto-immunity is not the "auto" from "automatic" but the ancient Greek "auto-" meaning "self-".

So, auto-immunity is like self-fighting (fighting yourself). You don't want that.

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Re:The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune di... by murderfs on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:17AM (#27842481)
> Auto in auto-immunity is not the "auto" from "automatic"

(which is also from the Greek auto meaning self)

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Re:The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune di... by czrnb on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:28AM (#27842535)
I think GP meant it's not shorthand for automatic
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Re:The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune di... by coldtea on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:32AM (#27842562)
Yep. Automatic, autonomous, all are from auto (self), automatic being "doing by itself", autonomous being "governing itself" (or "self-sufficient"), etc.
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