Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pharmafood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phar-mafood
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A food supposed to have health benefits; a nutraceutical.

Example Sentences

"The problem is that the area is grey so far as the authorities are concerned and it is difficult to know where to draw the line between a nutriceutical or pharmafood and a medicinal drug substance."
"Science seems to discover another new "pharmafood or neutraceutical" almost daily."
"Get creative and build a pharmafood salad by using healthier greens, like romaine lettuce or spinach."

Etymology

From pharma- + food.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pharma

Inflected Forms

pharmafoods (plural)

Questions

What does pharmafood mean?: A food supposed to have health benefits; a nutraceutical.
Where does pharmafood come from?: From pharma- + food.

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