mithridatisation

English

Noun

mithridatisation (uncountable)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of mithridatization

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French

Etymology

mithridatiser +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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Noun

mithridatisation f (plural mithridatisations)

1. Mithridatism; slow immunization (to a toxin) by repeated ingestion of increasing doses.
2. (figuratively, literary) Desensitization (to a thing) by repeated exposure.

References

• “mithridatisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “mithridatisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.