mithridatism
noun
the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
mithridatic
-
a word derived from
mithridatism.
Example Sentences
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This is a far more efficacious method than the supposed mithridatic "habituation" or "toleration" of a poison, with small doses of which you have to be gradually prepared.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester
