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phytoequivalence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phy-toe-quiv-a-lence
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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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Derived Forms

phytoequivalent

Questions

What does phytoequivalence mean?
A physiological equivalence between the effects of two herbal extracts, the efficacy of one of which has been clinically demonstrated.
Where does phytoequivalence come from?
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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