Tolerance - Biology, Medicine, Physiology

Biology, Medicine, Physiology

  • Desiccation tolerance, the ability of an organism to endure extreme dryness
  • Drug tolerance or physiological tolerance, a decrease in the response to a substance due to previous exposure
    • Alcohol tolerance
    • Multidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance, the ability of a disease-causing microorganism to resist killing by antimicrobials
  • Immune tolerance or immunological tolerance, the process by which the immune system does not attack an antigen
    • Central tolerance, a mechanism by which newly developing T cells and B cells are rendered non-reactive to self
    • Immune tolerance in pregnancy or gestational/maternal immune tolerance
  • Low frustration tolerance, a concept in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
  • Pain tolerance, the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate
  • Shade tolerance, a plant's abilities to tolerate low light levels

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