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cross-tolerance
[ kraws-tol-er-uhns, kros- ]
noun
, Physiology.
- the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance:
a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cross-tolerance1
First recorded in 1920–25
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