mithridatism en · NOUN
Etymology
From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.
Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect.
Deriveds
Relateds
ceiling effect · tachyphylaxis · hormesis · microdose
Synonyms
mithridatisation · mithridatization
Translations (7)
it mitridatizzazione (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · es mitridatización (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · fr mithridatisme (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · pl mitrydatyzm (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · it mitridatismo (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · es mitridatismo (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison) · fr mithridatisation (the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison)