mithridatism

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mithridatism

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Noun

mithridatism (uncountable)

1. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. [1851]

   Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect.

Synonyms

• mithridatization (rare, US), mithridatisation (rare, UK)

Derived terms

• mithridatic

Translations

the practice of ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison

French: mithridatisation (fr) f, mithridatisme (fr) m Italian: mitridatizzazione f, mitridatismo (it) Spanish: mitridatización f, mitridatismo m

See also

• ceiling effect
• hormesis
• microdose
• tachyphylaxis