tolerance

(tol′ĕ-răns )

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[L. tolerantia, patience]

1. The capacity to endure exposure to a large concentration or quantity of a substance (such as a drug, food, or poison).
2. A decreased sensitivity to a substance to which one has been previously or repeatedly exposed.

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