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Hygiene hypothesis - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Assertion, Assumption, Axiom, Basis, Conjecture, Data, Foundation, Ground, Inference, Lemma, Position, Postulate, Premise, Premiss |
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In medicine, the hygiene hypothesis says that an excessively hygienic environment in early childhood may predispose some people towards asthma, allergies, and other autoimmune diseases.
It is hypothesized that in the absence of sufficient natural external challenges, the child's developing immune system may start to target the body's own tissues instead, resulting in autoimmune disease in later life.
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Example Usage of hypothesis |
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TaviGreiner: oh shoot - I'm missing the Lunar Cataclysm hypothesis lecture! I wonder if its too late to dial in for the audio |
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raganella7: RT @MotherNatureNet: Let your kids eat mud? A scientific study supports the hygiene hypothesis http://tinyurl.com/yatfttb (via @rshreeves) |
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rshreeves: RT @MotherNatureNet: Let your kids eat mud? A scientific study supports the hygiene hypothesis http://tinyurl.com/yatfttb |
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