self-tolerance
noun
self-tol·er·ance
| \ ˌself-ˈtä-lə-rən(t)s
, -ˈtäl-rən(t)s\
, -ˈtäl-rən(t)s\
Definition of self-tolerance
: the physiological state that exists in an organism when its immune system has proceeded far enough in the process of self-recognition to lose the capacity to attack and destroy its own bodily constituents
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self-tolerance
noun
self-tol·er·ance
| \ ˈself-ˈtäl(-ə)-rən(t)s
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Medical Definition of self-tolerance
: the physiological state that exists in a developing organism when its immune system has proceeded far enough in the process of self-recognition to lose the capacity to attack and destroy its own bodily constituents
— called also horror autotoxicus