mithridatism
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.
So mithridatize XIX.
So mithridatize XIX.
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