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mithridatism

mithridatism noun: the practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.

Noun

mithridatism (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Synonyms of mithridatism

Origin of mithridatism

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

Words formed from mithridatism

Questions about mithridatism

What does mithridatism mean?
Mithridatism means the practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.
What part of speech is mithridatism?
Mithridatism is a noun.

Words near mithridatism in the dictionary

  1. mithridatisation
  2. mithridatise
  3. mithridatised
  4. mithridatises
  5. mithridatising
  6. mithridatism
  7. mithridatium
  8. mithridatiums
  9. mithridatization
  10. mithridatize
  11. mithridatized

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