A diminished response to a substance after repeated use, requiring increasingly larger doses to achieve the same effect.
From Latin 'tolerantia' meaning 'endurance,' from 'tolerare' (to bear, endure).
Tolerance is your body adapting to a substance — what used to work doesn't anymore, so you need more and more. It's a dangerous escalator.
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