An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons.
ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin mithridtum, alteration of Late Latin mithridtum, from Latin, neuter of Mithridtus, of Mithridates, from Greek mithridteios, after Mithridates VI, who is said to have acquired tolerance for poison.
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