phytoequivalence

noun

A physiological equivalence between the effects of two herbal extracts, the efficacy of one of which has been clinically demonstrated.

OriginGerman Phytoäquivalenz →
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Meanings

nounphytoequivalence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableherbal medicinemedicineA physiological equivalence between the effects of two herbal extracts, the efficacy of one of which has been clinically demonstrated.

Origin

  1. GermanPhytoäquivalenz
  2. Englishphytoequivalence

From phyto- + equivalence. Calque of the German Phytoäquivalenz, a term of the same meaning which was introduced by the German Commission E, an expert commission on herbal medicine, in the 1980s.

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Translations

German Phytoäquivalenz
  • Phytoäquivalenzphysiological equivalence between two herbal extracts
Romanian fitoechivalență
  • fitoechivalențăphysiological equivalence between two herbal extracts
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