Definitions For Mithridatism

Noun

MITHRIDATISM (uncountable) The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. 1851

Synonyms

mithridatization {{qualifier, rare, US}}, mithridatisation {{qualifier, rare, UK}}

Derived terms

mithridatic

Translations

French: mithridatisation, f, mithridatisme, m Italian: mitridatizzazione, f, mitridatismo Spanish: mitridatización, f, mitridatismo, m

See also

hormesis microdose tachyphylaxis {{cln, en, eponyms}} {{c, en, Poisons}}

Etymology

w:mithridates vi of from/"/>pontus/">from mithridates (referring to [[w:mithridates vi of pontus + href="/define/mithridates vi of pontus) /">mithridates vi of pontus]]) + ism.

Is Mithridatism a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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The word Mithridatism is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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