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