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probiotic

noun
/ˌpɹəʊ.baɪˈɒ.tɪk/UK/ˌpɹoʊ.baɪˈɒ.tɪk/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Proto-Italic *prō Latin prōder. English pro- English biotic English probiotic From pro- + biotic.

  1. derived from pro- English biotic English probiotic From pro- + biotic
  2. derived from *prō Latin prōder✻
  3. derived from *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder✻
  4. derived from *per-der✻

Definitions

  1. A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic…

    A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.

  2. Of, or relating to probiosis

    Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation.

  3. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for probiotic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA