A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.
2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
自身免疫的
Auto-immune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
例句
...auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.风湿性关节炎等自身免疫疾病...an auto-immune reaction in which the body becomes sensitive to aspects of itself.机体对自身各个方面变得敏感的自身免疫反应
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body