nutraceutical
栄養補助食品
解説 Definition
栄養補助食品。また栄養価のある食品製品。
Nutraceutical describes a food, drink, or product that is believed to provide health benefits in addition to basic nutrition. The word is common in health, medicine, and marketing contexts, especially for supplements or functional foods. It is more technical than everyday words like healthy or nutritious.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`nutraceutical` は、まず `nutrition` / `nutrient` の **nutr-** を見て「栄養」と結びつけ、後半 **-ceutical** は `pharmaceutical` を思い出すと覚えやすいです。つまり「普通の食品というより、栄養や健康機能を意識した“薬寄りの食品”」という感覚。`nutraceutical products` `nutraceutical supplements` の形で出やすく、単なる `nutritious`（栄養がある）とは違って、機能性・補助性まで含む語だと区別すると定着します。
This word blends `nutrition` and `pharmaceutical`. That gives a strong memory hook: it sounds like something between food-based health products and medicine. You will often see it in the plural, `nutraceuticals`, in market or health-industry writing.
例文
Nutraceuticals are marketed for their health and wellness benefits.
栄養補助食品は、健康やウェルネスに役立つものとして販売されている。
The nutraceutical industry continues to grow with consumer interest.
栄養補助食品産業は消費者の関心とともに成長を続けている。
Regulations for nutraceuticals vary significantly across different countries.
栄養補助食品の規制は各国で大きく異なる。
nutraceutical の類義語・関連語
nutraceutical の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語で nutrition と pharmaceutical を掛け合わせて作られた比較的新しい語です。nutrition はラテン語 nutrire「養う」、pharmaceutical はギリシャ語 pharmakon「薬」にさかのぼり、関連語に nourish・pharmacy があり、「栄養と薬の中間」という意味が腑に落ちます。
Nutraceutical is a modern English blend of nutrition and pharmaceutical. Nutrition goes back to Latin nutrire, "to nourish," seen also in nourish, while pharmaceutical comes through Greek pharmakon, "drug" or "medicine," as in pharmacy. The word was formed to suggest something between food and medicine, and its meaning developed from that mixed idea.
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