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salutogenic

salutogenic adjective: able to cause human health and well-being.

Adjective

salutogenic (comparative more salutogenic, superlative most salutogenic)

  1. Able to cause human health and well-being.
    • We should reconsider the purported salutogenic benefits of chocolate consumption in light of new evidence.

Forms of salutogenic

comparativemore salutogenic
superlativemost salutogenic

Origin of salutogenic

Latin salus- health Greek -genic able to create

Questions about salutogenic

What does salutogenic mean?
Salutogenic means able to cause human health and well-being.
What part of speech is salutogenic?
Salutogenic is an adjective.

Words near salutogenic in the dictionary

  1. salutiferously
  2. saluting
  3. salutings
  4. salutogenesis
  5. salutogenetic
  6. salutogenic
  7. salutogenically
  8. salutory
  9. salutree
  10. salutrees
  11. Salva

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