mithridatism
nounEtymology From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.
1
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.
- Synonyms
- mithridatization, mithridatisation
- Derived terms
- mithridatic
- Related terms
- ceiling effect, hormesis, microdose, tachyphylaxis