Mithridate

/ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote..

Definitions by Sense

1. (historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
2. (obsolete, rare) Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.

Example Sentences

Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.

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 [...]

Fools may talk of Mythridate, Cordials, Elixers...

What he wanted, in effect, was a universal antidote, which medical science has for years referred to as a mithridate.

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• mithridates
• mithridat
• mithrydate
• mitridat
• mitridate
• mithrydat
• methridat
• methridate
• metridat
• metridate
• medridate
• methredate
• mythridate

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