adaptogen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian адаптоген (adaptogen), coined by Soviet toxicologist and pharmacologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Lazarev, equivalent to adapt +‎ -o- +‎ -gen.

Noun

adaptogen (plural adaptogens)

2. (alternative medicine) Any natural herbal substance, such as ginseng, that is purported to assist the body to adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body functions.
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Derived terms

• adaptogenic

Translations

herbal substance with a normalizing effect upon body functions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適應原／适应原 (zh) (shìyìngyuán)

• Finnish: adaptogeeni
• French: adaptogène (fr) m
• German: Adaptogen n
• Polish: adaptogen (pl) m
• Portuguese: adaptógeno m
• Russian: адаптоген (ru) (adaptogen)
• Spanish: adaptógeno m

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian адаптоген (adaptogen), coined by Soviet toxicologist and pharmacologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Lazarev. By surface analysis, adaptować +‎ -o- +‎ -gen First attested in 2000.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dapˈtɔ.ɡɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧to‧gen

Noun

adaptogen m inan

1. (alternative medicine) adaptogen

Declension

Declension of adaptogen

	singular	plural
nominative	adaptogen	adaptogeny
genitive	adaptogenu	adaptogenów
dative	adaptogenowi	adaptogenom
accusative	adaptogen	adaptogeny
instrumental	adaptogenem	adaptogenami
locative	adaptogenie	adaptogenach
vocative	adaptogenie	adaptogeny

Derived terms

adjective

• adaptogenny

 

Related terms

adjectives

• adaptabilny
• adaptacyjny
• adaptatorski
• adaptatywny
• adapterowy
• adaptowalny

 

adverbs

• adaptacyjnie
• adaptatywnie

 

nouns

• adapciak
• adaptabilność
• adaptacja
• adaptacjonizm
• adaptacyjność
• adaptator
• adaptatorka
• adaptatywność
• adapter
• adapterek
• adaptometr
• adaptowalność

 

verbs

• adaptować impf, zaadaptować pf