tolerance
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(tol′ĕ-răns)

[L. tolerantia, patience]
1. The capacity to endure exposure to a large concentration or quantity of a substance (such as a drug, food, or poison).
2. A decreased sensitivity to a substance to which one has been previously or repeatedly exposed.
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(tol′ĕ-răns)

[L. tolerantia, patience]
1. The capacity to endure exposure to a large concentration or quantity of a substance (such as a drug, food, or poison).
2. A decreased sensitivity to a substance to which one has been previously or repeatedly exposed.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Tolerance." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769039/all/impaired_glucose_tolerance.
Tolerance. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769039/all/impaired_glucose_tolerance. Accessed January 27, 2023.
Tolerance. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769039/all/impaired_glucose_tolerance
Tolerance [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 January 27]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769039/all/impaired_glucose_tolerance.
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