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nutricosmetic

nutricosmetic noun: a dietary supplement, food or beverage with additives that are marketed as having medical benefits that enhance appearance, especially skin, nails, and hair.

Noun

nutricosmetic (plural nutricosmetics)

  1. A dietary supplement, food or beverage with additives that are marketed as having medical benefits that enhance appearance, especially skin, nails, and hair.
    • Before rushing out to buy nutricosmetics, though, don't forget that the first place a food supplement goes is into your stomach, which is loaded with strong acid and enzymes to digest protein and dissolve fats.2008, Daniel B. Yarosh, “The Future of Skin Care” (chapter 12), in The New Science of Perfect Skin, Broadway Books, page 238
    • Incorporating marine proteoglycans as a nutricosmetic in skin capsules is said to boost collagen, help strengthen cell cohesion, and improve skin density, creating firmer skin.2013, “Industry Perspectives of Marine-Derived Proteins as Biomaterials” (chapter 37), in Se-Kwon Kim, editor, Marine Biomaterials: Characterization, Isolation, and Applications, CRC Press, page 739

Adjective

nutricosmetic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to nutricosmetics.
    • However, many nutricosmetic products are considered effective due to the historical use and word of mouth. Comprehensive analysis of the global nutricosmetics market is conducted considering form, end-user applications, and some product components such as collagen, peptides, proteins, vitamins...2019 December, Irene Dini, Sonia Laneri, “Nutricosmetics: A brief overview”, in Phytotherapy Research, volume 33, number 12, →DOI, pages 3054-3063

Forms of nutricosmetic

pluralnutricosmetics

Origin of nutricosmetic

Blend of nutritional + cosmetic.

Questions about nutricosmetic

What does nutricosmetic mean?
Nutricosmetic means a dietary supplement, food or beverage with additives that are marketed as having medical benefits that enhance appearance, especially skin, nails, and hair.
What part of speech is nutricosmetic?
Nutricosmetic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nutricosmetic?
The plural of nutricosmetic is nutricosmetics.

Words near nutricosmetic in the dictionary

  1. nutricial
  2. nutricious
  3. nutricism
  4. nutricline
  5. nutriclines
  6. nutricosmetic
  7. nutricosmetics
  8. nutrider
  9. nutriders
  10. nutrient
  11. nutrient neutrality

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