mithridate (English, noun)
expansion: mithridate (countable and uncountable, plural mithridates)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: 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.
Synonym of cure.
tags: archaic
broadly
countable
figuratively
historical
uncountable
glosses: Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
countable
ellipsis
obsolete
rare
uncountable
Forms:
form: mithridates
tags: plural
form: mithridat
tags: alternative
form: mithrydate
tags: alternative
form: mitridat
tags: alternative
form: mitridate
tags: alternative
form: mithrydat
tags: alternative
form: methridat
tags: alternative
form: methridate
tags: alternative
form: metridat
tags: alternative
form: metridate
tags: alternative
form: medridate
tags: alternative
form: methredate
tags: alternative
form: mythridate
tags: alternative