mithridatism

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 293 words | Copyright

mithridatism immunity against the effects of poison, produced by the administration of gradually increasing doses of the poison itself. XIX. f. Mithridates, king of Pontus (d. 63 B.C.), who was said to have made himself immune against poisons by constant use of antidotes.
So mithridatize XIX.

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