self-tolerance
noun
self-tol·er·ance
ˌself-ˈtä-lə-rən(t)s 
-ˈtäl-rən(t)s
: 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
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self-tolerance
noun
self-tol·er·ance
ˈself-ˈtäl(-ə)-rən(t)s
: the physiological state that exists in a developing 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
called also horror autotoxicus
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