ankylosing spondylitis vs autoimmune disease

autoimmune disease vs ankylosing spondylitis

ankylosing spondylitis and autoimmune disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ankylosing spondylitis	Yes	No	No	No
autoimmune disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, autoimmune disease is a hypernym of ankylosing spondylitis; that is, autoimmune disease is a word with a broader meaning than ankylosing spondylitis:

ankylosing spondylitis: a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
autoimmune disease: any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

Other hypernyms of ankylosing spondylitis include autoimmune disorder, spondylitis.

ankylosing spondylitis (noun)	autoimmune disease (noun)
a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis	any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

ankylosing spondylitis vs autoimmune disease

ankylosing spondylitis and autoimmune disease both are nouns.

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