tolerance (redirected from immunological tolerance)

tol·er·ance  (tlr-ns)

n.

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

2.

a. Leeway for variation from a standard.

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

3. The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

4. Medicine

a. Physiological resistance to a toxin.

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

5.

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

b. 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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tolerance

Noun

1. the quality of accepting other people's rights to their own opinions, beliefs, or actions

2. capacity to endure something, esp. pain or hardship

3. the ability of a substance to withstand heat, stress, etc., without damage

4. Med the capacity to endure the effects of a continued or increasing dose of a drug, poison, etc.

5. an acceptable degree of variation in a measurement or value: the bodywork of the car is precision-engineered with a tolerance of 0.01 millimetres

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tolerance - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" capacity - tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
	2.	tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior permissiveness disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" toleration, sufferance, acceptance - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" overtolerance - too much permissiveness
	3.	tolerance - the act of tolerating something       lenience, leniency - lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers allowance - the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
	4.	tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" broad-mindedness - an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior liberality, liberalness - an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom disinterest, neutrality - tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
	5.	tolerance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, allowance, margin discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

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tolerance

noun 1. broad-mindedness, charity, sympathy, patience, indulgence, forbearance, permissiveness, magnanimity, open-mindedness, sufferance, lenity << OPPOSITE intolerance

noun 2. endurance, resistance, stamina, fortitude, resilience, toughness, staying power, hardness, hardiness

noun 3. resistance, immunity, resilience, non-susceptibility

Translations

tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (also TECH) → tolerancia

tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (also Tech) → tolérance f

tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n → Toleranz f

tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (TECH) → tolleranza