Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Tolerance by the body's immune system to its own cells and tissues.
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Examples
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T-cells are designed with an in-built safety mechanism, called self-tolerance, which normally stops them from accidentally reacting with healthy tissues.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Key contributions to cellular immunology included the discovery that T cells derived from the thymus 'helped' B cells to produce antibody, proof of the clonal selection theory, delineation of the earliest stages of T cell development in the thymus, and the nature of self-tolerance.
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Morphine, however, exerted the stronger influence.5 This demonstrated a phenomenon that might be called “self-tolerance.”
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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It was weaker than self-tolerance, but definitely present.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Morphine, however, exerted the stronger influence.5 This demonstrated a phenomenon that might be called “self-tolerance.”
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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It was weaker than self-tolerance, but definitely present.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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This loss of self-esteem is generally transient, and when the super-ego matures and regains resiliance and flexibility, there is more self-tolerance for mistakes or shortcomings.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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Breckon were really coming up to sit by her, she would blush to her hair, and wish to run away, and failing the force for this, would sit cold and blank to his civilities, and have to be skilfully and gradually talked back to self-respect and self-tolerance.
The Kentons William Dean Howells 1878
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"In trying to understand the link between this group of conditions -- autoimmunity, chronic infections and cold urticaria -- we not only identified a disease-causing mutation but uncovered a unique and fascinating genetic mechanism at the crux of allergy, immune defense and self-tolerance," Milner added.
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But when self-tolerance goes wrong, self-reactions can occur that are the root cause of auto-immune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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