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A natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress and to exert a normalizing effect
upon bodily processes.

Adaptogen (Wikipedia)

Adaptogens or adaptogenic substances are used in herbal medicine for the claimed stabilization of physiological processes and promotion of homeostasis.

Adaptogen (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian адаптоген (adaptogen), coined by Russian scientist N.V. Lazarev, equivalent to adapt +‎ -o- +‎ -gen.

Noun

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