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horror autotoxicus

noun

Etymology

Latinate neologism coined c. 1900 by Paul Ehrlich in German, from Latin horror, auto- (“self”), toxicus (“toxic”). Compare horror vacui.

  1. derived from horror

Definitions

  1. The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune…

    The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune reactions.

    • Ehrlich's dictum of horror autotoxicus makes no claim that autoantibodies may not be formed; it only suggests that they are somehow prevented from acting.

The neighborhood

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