MITHRIDATISM

Etymology

Noun

mithridatism (uncountable)

The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to protect oneself against it.

Synonyms

• mithridatization (rare), mithridatisation (rare)

Source: Wiktionary



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