English Dictionary

horror autotoxicus

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞

(historical, immunology) The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune reactions.

日本語の意味

自己免疫反応によって体が自らを傷つけないという、現在は否定されている原理

Although once widely accepted, the concept of horror autotoxicus has been discarded by modern immunologists.

かつて広く受け入れられていた「自己毒性への恐怖」という概念は、現代の免疫学者によって否定されています。

意味（1）

(historical, immunology) 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.