mithridatism

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mithridatism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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