SELF-TOLERANCE


Meaning of SELF-TOLERANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈtä-lə-rən(t)s, -ˈtäl-rən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 1964

: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.