orthomolecular

1. 1.

   designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals

   “orthomolecular medicine”

   “orthomolecular therapy”

   Similarhealthful

Questions about orthomolecular

What does orthomolecular mean?

orthomolecular means "designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals".

How many syllables are in orthomolecular?

orthomolecular has 6 syllables and divides as or-tho-mo-le-cu-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is orthomolecular a common word?

orthomolecular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.