mithridate

See also: Mithridate

English

Etymology

From mithridatism.

Noun

mithridate (plural mithridates)

1. (pharmacology, obsolete) A supposed universal antidote against poison.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Lepra, or Elephantiasis”, in Several Chirurgicall Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took […], →OCLC, 1st book (A Treatise of Tumours), page 139:

     After I had thus evacuated the Plethora, and diſpoſed her body for Mercurialls more operative, I gave her each morning and evening a few grains of Mercur. diaphoret. in a bolus with conſ. lujule and Mithridate, [...]

Derived terms

• mithridate cress
• mithridate pennywort

Translations

supposed universal antidote against poison

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Further reading

• mithridate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia