OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 46640

mithridatism

Meanings (ES + gloss)
mitridatismo • mitridatización
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.
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