nutraceutical

English

Alternative forms

• neutraceutical
• neutriceutical

Etymology

Blend of nutrient +‎ pharmaceutical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njuːtɹəˈsuːtɪkəl/

Noun

nutraceutical (plural nutraceuticals)

1. A nutrient or food believed to have curative properties. A food used as a drug.

Derived terms

• metallonutraceutical

Translations

supposedly or provenly food with pharmaceutical properties

• Greek: τροφοφάρμακο n (trofofármako), φαρμακοτρόφιμο n (farmakotrófimo), διατροφοφάρμακο n (diatrofofármako), διατροφάρμακο n (diatrofármako)
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