Unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.
1I discuss how defence mechanisms affect competition and cooperation within bacterial communities.
2The latter includes all the defence mechanisms and most of the Superego.
3The latter includes all our defence mechanisms and most of the superego.
4But here, there are legal defence mechanisms in place but only in name.
5Melanization is one of the insect defence mechanisms against intruding pathogens or parasites.
6The human immune system is one of the most effective defence mechanisms known to nature.
7The present investigation establishes the existence of immunological defence mechanisms in the adult human urothelium.
8We hypothesised that key enzymes of these defence mechanisms may be altered in ischaemic stroke.
9But if you don't have the right defence mechanisms, you leave yourself open to the opposition.
10They also feature a vast array of defence mechanisms, including the ability to withstand electromagnetic pulses.
11Kohut agreed with Freud that neuroses are conglomerates of defence mechanisms, formations, symptoms, and unconscious conflicts.
12Opsonization and phagocytosis are important defence mechanisms employed by the host to destroy group A streptococci.
13Then my defence mechanisms suddenly kicked in.
14Don't we develop defence mechanisms against repressed memories and fantasies, against unconscious content incongruent with our self-image?
15No evidence of oxidative damage to proteins or lipids nor elevation of oxidative stress defence mechanisms were found.
16The human body has several defence mechanisms to try and boost our core temperature when it gets chilly.
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