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self-limiting Definition

self·-limiting (self′lim′it iŋ)

adjective

that terminates by the natural course of events a self-limiting disease

self-limiting Related Forms
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.