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megavitamin therapy

megavitamin therapy

7.2
Taking very large vitamin doses to treat health problems
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛɡəˈvaɪtəmɪn ˈθɛrəpi/
  • Archaic
translation icon : terapia de megavitaminas
  • Many patients have reported improvements in their health after undergoing megavitamin therapy with high doses of vitamin C.

Examples

  • After extensive research, the doctor recommended megavitamin therapy as a potential treatment for his nutritional deficiencies.

  • Some proponents of megavitamin therapy claim that large doses of vitamins can boost the immune system significantly.

  • His pursuit of spirituality through séances and experiments with LSD, as well as megavitamin therapy, ultimately scandalized AA.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

megadose
vsmegavitamin therapy
1 7.5

A very large dose of a medicine or vitamin much higher than recommended

is a treatment practice using very large vitamin amounts to treat health conditions
high-vitamin diet
vsmegavitamin therapy
3.4

A way of eating with extra vitamins for people who lack them

is a treatment practice using much larger vitamin amounts to treat health conditions

Antonyms

hypovitaminosis
  • Specialized
9.9

A health problem caused by not having enough vitamins in the body

How High

megavitamin therapy
  • Archaic
7.2
supplement
103 3.9
vitamin-deficiency diet
  • Specialized
3.7

Surface Forms

megavitamin therapy singular
megavitamin therapies plural

Morphology

megavitamin + therapy

The phrase is transparely built from 'mega' (very large) + 'vitamin' (a nutrient) + 'therapy' (medical treatment), so its meaning — treatment using very large doses of vitamins — is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common and mirrors formations in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.

Etymology

Megavitamin therapy comes from the parts mega, where mega means 'very large', and vitamin, creating a picture of someone taking a huge pile of vitamin pills to help their health. So, it means 'treating by taking very large amounts of vitamins'.