dietary supplement

noun

Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.

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Meanings

noundietary supplement (plural dietary supplements)

plural dietary supplements

  1. medicineAny substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 膳食補充劑 /膳食补充剂
  • 膳食補充劑 /膳食补充剂 (shànshí bǔchōngjì)substance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Danish kosttilskud
  • kosttilskudsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Dutch voedingssupplement
  • voedingssupplementsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Finnish ravintolisä
  • ravintolisäsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
French complément alimentaire
  • complément alimentairesubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
German Nahrungsergänzungsmittel
  • Nahrungsergänzungsmittelsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Hungarian étrend-kiegészítő, táplálékkiegészítő
  • étrend-kiegészítősubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
  • táplálékkiegészítősubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Italian integratore alimentare
  • integratore alimentaresubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Norwegian Bokmål kosttilskudd
  • kosttilskuddsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Polish suplement diety
  • suplement dietysubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Spanish suplemento dietético
  • suplemento dietéticosubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
Swedish kosttillskott
  • kosttillskottsubstance taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients
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APA

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MLA

“dietary supplement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietary%20supplement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dietary supplement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietary%20supplement.

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