Mithridatism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. uncountable
"Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect."
Example
More examples"Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect."
Etymology
From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.