MITHRIDATISM
\mˈɪθɹɪdətˌɪzəm], \mˈɪθɹɪdətˌɪzəm], \m_ˈɪ_θ_ɹ_ɪ_d_ə_t_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By William R. Warner
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A state of immunity from the effects of a poison secured by administering the latter in constantly larger and larger doses until the system is habituated to it.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).