👉 Chylifaction, in the context of medicine and biology, refers to a specific type of disease where the body's immune system attacks healthy cells instead of its own tissues. This process is known as "chylidrosis" or "cytolytic chylidosis," and it occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue that has developed into cancerous or infected cells. In this condition, cancer cells are recognized by the body's immune system as abnormal cells without their own genetic