Unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.
1 Toxoplasma gondii causes cerebral infection in individuals with impaired immunologic defense mechanisms .
2 My feelings hurt, I resorted to the oldest of defense mechanisms : sarcasm.
3 Called a capsid, the sheath protects viral DNA from cellular defense mechanisms .
4 In order to survive within the host, bacteria have established various self- defense mechanisms .
5 Restriction factors are important components of intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms against viral pathogens.
6 Activation of endogenous defense mechanisms may provide better protection against stroke-induced oxidative injury.
7 Conclusion: Using mature defense mechanisms helped young adults to adapt to a particular situation.
8 We examined psychiatric history, the pattern of defense mechanisms , and depression and anxiety levels.
9 And a lifetime's worth of defense mechanisms slamming into place.
10 It has been shown that granulysin contributes to the defense mechanisms against mycobacterial infection.
11 This implies that host defense mechanisms cooperate to limit inflammation while controlling fungal burden.
12 These are all primitive, infantile, and often persecutory, defense mechanisms .
13 Objective: To examine whether increased sleep during viral or bacterial infections supports host defense mechanisms .
14 This information is important for understanding the defense mechanisms of the "fire corals".
15 Plasma fibronectin is an attachment protein important for maintaining capillary integrity and host defense mechanisms .
16 Truth penetrated the defense mechanisms her psyche had erected.
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