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ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY

Specialty Definition: ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY

DomainDefinition

Health

The use of very large doses of vitamins or other naturally occurring substances normally present in the body, frequently for the treatment of mental disorders. (references)

Medicine

Orthomolecular therapy, originally developed by the late Nobelist Linus Pauling, requires consumption of megadoses of vitamin C in an effort to aid the body's repair systems. NCI-sponsored trials did not demonstrate any superiority to placebos. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY

Language Translations for "ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

thérapie orthomoléculaire. (various references)

   

Italian

  

terapia ortomolecolare. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orthomolecularay erapythay

   

Spanish

  

terapia ortomolecular. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Bibliography


  

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