mithridatism

mithridatism

English

Etymology

From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) +‎ -ism. First attested in 1851.

Noun

mithridatism (uncountable)

1. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to protect oneself against it.

Synonyms

• mithridatization (rare, US), mithridatisation (rare, UK)

Translations

the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison

French: mithridatisation (fr) f, mithridatisme (fr) m Italian: mitridatizzazione f, mitridatismo (it)

Spanish: mitridatización f, mitridatismo m