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nonself

[ non-self ]
/ nɒnˈsɛlf /

noun Immunology.

any antigen-bearing foreign material that enters the body and normally stimulates an attack by the body's immune system (distinguished from self).

Words nearby nonself

nonscheduled, nonscientific, nonsecretor, nonsectarian, nonselective, nonself, nonself-antigen, nonsense, nonsense correlation, nonsense syllable, nonsense triplet

Origin of nonself

First recorded in 1870–75; non- + self
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Medicine definitions for nonself

nonself
[ nŏn-sĕlf′ ]

n.

That which the immune system identifies as foreign to the body.
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