Mithridate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mithridate \Mith"ri*date\, n. (Med.)
     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.
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           [Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so
           effectual against the infection of vice. --Southey.
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