CROSS-TOLERANCE


Meaning of CROSS-TOLERANCE in English

/kraws"tol"euhr euhns, kros"-/ , n. Physiol.

the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.

[ 1920-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .