self-limiting

adjective

self-lim·it·ing ˌself-ˈli-mə-tiŋ

: limiting oneself or itself

especially, of a disease : self-limited

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1679, in the meaning defined above

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self-limiting

adjective

self-lim·it·ing -ət-iŋ

: self-limited

a self-limiting disease

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