(historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons. / Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.

(medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.

plural of mithridatic

In a mithridatic manner, gradually increasing doses of a poison or (figuratively) other pernicious thing so as to build resistance or immunity.

(historical) Of or pertaining to the dynasty begun by Mithridates I of Pontus or any of its kings named Mithridates, especially Mithridates VI of Pontus, also known as Mithridates the Great.

(US, rare) Synonym of mithridatism.

The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.

(US) To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses.

simple past tense and past participle of mithridatize

present participle of mithridatize