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mithridatically

mithridatically adverb: in a mithridatic manner, gradually increasing doses of a poison or (figurative) other pernicious thing so as to build resistance or immunity.

Adverb

mithridatically (not comparable)

  1. In a mithridatic manner, gradually increasing doses of a poison or (figurative) other pernicious thing so as to build resistance or immunity.
    • We do not, for instance, treat diphtheria mithridatically, or according to the Jenner-Pasteur method.1906, “Professor von Behring's Treatment of Tuberculosis”, in The Medical Bulletin: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, page 413
    • Moreover, his violence is not only a method of making art, but also a way of indicating the perverse self-destructiveness of art-making while warding it off through mithridatically indulging in it: as the previously mentioned title suggests, Nagel is acutely aware that he is exposing, objectifying...1990, Donald Burton Kuspit, Andrés Nagel: an irreverent approach, page 1966

Origin of mithridatically

From mithridatic + -ally.

Questions about mithridatically

What does mithridatically mean?
Mithridatically means in a mithridatic manner, gradually increasing doses of a poison or (figurative) other pernicious thing so as to build resistance or immunity.
What part of speech is mithridatically?
Mithridatically is an adverb.

Words near mithridatically in the dictionary

  1. mithridate mustard
  2. mithridate treacle
  3. mithridates
  4. mithridatia
  5. mithridatic
  6. mithridatically
  7. mithridaticon
  8. mithridatics
  9. mithridatisation
  10. mithridatise
  11. mithridatised

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