| mithridate | <medicine> An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor. "[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice." (Southey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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