The breakdown and destruction of an organism's own red blood cells, caused by its own antibodies or hemolytic substances.
From auto- (self) + hemolysis (Greek haima 'blood' + lysis 'breaking down'). Medical term describing the pathological process where an organism's immune system destroys its own blood cells.
Autohemolysis is a tragic example of autoimmune disease where your body literally eats its own red blood cells—doctors diagnose it using the autohemolysis test, where they incubate your blood to see how quickly your own antibodies destroy it.
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