medical Definition of autoaggressive
:relating to or being antibodies or T cells that attack the molecules, cells, or tissues of the organism producing them :autoimmune
- Ideally, one would like to modulate or eliminate the autoaggressive T cells but leave the remaining immune system intact.
- —Hartmut Wekerle and Reinhard Hohlfeld, The New England Journal of Medicine, 10 July 2003
