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self
(self)
the complete being of an individual, comprising both physical and psychological characteristics, and including both conscious
and unconscious components. The concept of self is central to the personality theory of Carl G. Jung.
a term used to denote an animal's own antigenic constituents, in contrast to “nonself,” which denotes foreign antigenic constituents. Antigens that are nonself are eliminated through the immune response mechanism. It has been postulated that there is a mechanism of “self recognition” that enables the organism to distinguish
between self and nonself. See also immunity.

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