Advertisement

Advertisement

orthomolecular

[ awr-thoh-muh-lek-yuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin ( def 1 ).


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of orthomolecular1

1965–70; ortho- + molecular, referring to “the provision of the optimum molecular environment for the mind,” according to term's originator, Linus Pauling
Discover More

Example Sentences

This theory, called “orthomolecular psychiatry,” has been discredited.

The professors on my doctoral committee had never heard of the word orthomolecular, and all of them were certain it wasn't an accepted, traditional area of research.

My ambition was to establish the orthomolecular approach on the west coast.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


orthokeratologyorthomorphic