Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007108
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007108
Preferred Name

Immune Tolerance

Definitions
The specific failure of a normally responsive individual to make an immune response to a known antigen. It results from previous contact with the antigen by an immunologically immature individual (fetus or neonate) or by an adult exposed to extreme high-dose or low-dose antigen, or by exposure to radiation, antimetabolites, antilymphocytic serum, etc.
Synonyms
Tolerance, Immune
Immunosuppression (Physiology)
Immunosuppressions (Physiology)
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