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mithridatism

The English word “mithridatism” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.

Etymology

From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.

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