(psychology) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations. / (evolutionary biology) An automatic reaction of the body against foreign antibodies.

plural of defense mechanism

plural of reaction mechanism

(physics) The proposed interaction between elementary particles and the Higgs field that imbues the particles with mass and breaks the electroweak symmetry.

An electrolarynx.

A kind of early piggy bank with a decorative mechanical action.

(US, military, slang) A medic.

(British spelling) alternative form of defense mechanism

Synonym of Penrose process

plural of bio-mechanical