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

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mithridatism

Source Word

mithridatism

Noun

uncountable

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

Japanese Meaning

毒に対する免疫を得る目的で、徐々に量を増して毒を摂取する行為

The historian wrote a detailed chapter on mithridatism, describing how ancient kings supposedly built tolerance to poisons.

歴史家は、毒の量を徐々に増やして耐性をつけるという行為について詳しい章を書き、古代の王たちが毒に対する耐性を身につけるためにそれを用いたと伝えられていると述べた。

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