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tolerance

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tol⋅er⋅ance

  [tol-er-uhns]
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–noun
1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.
3. interest in and concern for ideas, opinions, practices, etc., foreign to one's own; a liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.
4. the act or capacity of enduring; endurance: My tolerance of noise is limited.
5. Medicine/Medical, Immunology.
a. the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.: a tolerance to antibiotics.
b. the lack of or low levels of immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance that is normally immunogenic.
6. Machinery.
a. the permissible range of variation in a dimension of an object. Compare allowance (def. 8).
b. the permissible variation of an object or objects in some characteristic such as hardness, weight, or quantity.
7. Also called allowance. Coining. a permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coin, owing to the difficulty of securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L tolerantia. See tolerant, -ance

Synonyms:
1, 2. patience, sufferance, forbearance; liberality, impartiality, open-mindedness. Tolerance, toleration agree in allowing the right of something that one does not approve. Tolerance suggests a liberal spirit toward the views and actions of others: tolerance toward religious minorities. Toleration implies the allowance or sufferance of conduct with which one is not in accord: toleration of graft.
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tol·er·ance   (tŏl'ər-əns)   
n.  

  1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

    1. Leeway for variation from a standard.

    2. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

    3. Physiological resistance to a toxin.

    4. Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.

    5. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

    6. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

  3. The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

  4. Medicine

    1. Physiological resistance to a toxin.

    2. Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.

    3. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

    4. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

    1. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

    2. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

  6. The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tol·er·ance
Pronunciation: 'täl(-&)-r&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the capacity of the body to endure or become lessresponsive to a substance (as a drug) or a physiological insult with repeated use or exposure tolerance to a virus> tolerance for adrug>
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tolerance tol·er·ance (tŏl'ər-əns)
n.

  1. Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus, especially over a period of continued exposure.

  2. The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.

  3. Physiological resistance to a poison.

  4. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

  5. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

  6. The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.

tol'er·ant adj.

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