| Both characters possess a rapier wit, and lash out with reckless abandon, and both films wisely recognize their cynicism as a defense mechanism. |
| Sleepiness can be a psychological defense mechanism, a way of shutting out the world. |
| Lupus is a condition whereby the body's defense mechanism goes into overdrive and starts to attack itself. |
| The cough is a vital defense mechanism in the protection of airways from unwanted materials. |
| Ziv has suggested that self-mocking humor is most accurately conceptualized as a defense mechanism. |
| The mucociliary apparatus, normally an important defense mechanism used to clear potential pathogens, can be severely damaged by smoking. |
