El médico ortomolecular
Example: El médico ortomolecular recomienda suplementos para mejorar la salud.
Definition
"El médico ortomolecular" refers to a medical professional who specializes in orthomolecular medicine, a practice focused on maintaining health through nutritional supplementation and balancing natural substances in the body to prevent and treat disease.
Etymology
The term "el médico ortomolecular" comes from Spanish, where "médico" means doctor or physician, and "ortomolecular" is derived from Greek roots 'ortho' meaning correct or straight, and 'molecular' referring to molecules. The concept was popularized in the 1960s by Linus Pauling, who proposed using natural molecules to optimize health.
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"El médico ortomolecular" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Medical Professions - (B1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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the orthomolecular doctor