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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) 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.
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