| mithridate | (arch. pharm.) a formulation believed to include an antidote for every poison. | |
| theriac | molasses; a ancient antidote to poison compounded by grinding a large number of drugs in honey. | |
| bezoar | a concretion found in the intestine of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly thought to be an antidote for poison. | |
| saturnine | of a gloomy, taciturn temperament; suffering from lead poisoning. | |
| mithridatism | immunity (to a poison) from taking ramped doses. |