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Immunologic Tolerance
Definition 1
An innate tolerance that prevents the body from attacking native proteins and tissue. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
The failure of the immune system to respond to an antigen that previously caused an immune response. (NCI Dictionary)
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