nonself

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any entity other than oneself. countable,uncountable
    — In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  2. All agents and substances that are not the body's own. uncountable
    — In his classic monograph describing the clonal selection theory of the immune response, Burnet (1959) suggested that the immune system distinguishes between self (no antibody response) and nonself (antibody response).
  3. Anatta. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of nonself origin.

词形变化

nonselfs plural nonselves plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English non-
English self
English nonself
From non- + self.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English non-
English self
English nonself
From non- + self.
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