self-limiting
self-limiting
Definition
self·-limiting (self′lim′it iŋ)
adjective
that terminates by the natural course of events a self-limiting disease
self-lim′ita′tion noun
self-limiting
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- illness: Patients may have a serious life-threatening condition or a trivial self-limiting illness.
- belief: The negative self talk and self-limiting belief are overwhelmed with new positive self talk.
- condition: Acute pain may be viewed as a benign self-limiting condition, a side effect of disease or the treatment thereof.
- nature: This self-limiting nature is reinforced yet further by the phenomenon of consumer value accruing for free.
- disease: EBV causes infectious mononucleosis ( glandular fever ), a self-limiting disease.
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