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tol·er·ance
 (t  l   r- ns)
KEY
NOUN:
- The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
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- Leeway for variation from a standard.
- The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.
- The capacity to endure hardship or pain.
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Medicine
- Physiological resistance to a poison.
- The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.
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- Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.
- Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.
- The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.
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