self

self definition - medical

self (sĕlf)

noun pl. selves (sĕlz)
  1. The total, essential, or particular being of a person; the individual.
  2. One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego.
  3. That which the immune system identifies as belonging to the body.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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