Pharmafood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A food supposed to have health benefits; a nutraceutical.

    "The problem is that the area is grey so far as the authorities are concerned and it is difficult to know where to draw the line between a nutriceutical or pharmafood and a medicinal drug substance."

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"The problem is that the area is grey so far as the authorities are concerned and it is difficult to know where to draw the line between a nutriceutical or pharmafood and a medicinal drug substance."

Etymology

From pharma- + food.

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