pharmaconutrient

noun

Both a pharmaceutical and a nutrient

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Meanings

nounpharmaconutrient (plural pharmaconutrients)

plural pharmaconutrients

  1. Both a pharmaceutical and a nutrient

    Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.

    2015 October 15, “Buffalo Cheese Whey Proteins, Identification of a 24 kDa Protein and Characterization of Their Hydrolysates: In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pharmaco- + nutrient.

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APA

pharmaconutrient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaconutrient

MLA

“pharmaconutrient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaconutrient. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharmaconutrient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaconutrient.

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