adaptogen

a dapt o gen |əˈdaptəjən əˈdæptədʒən | ▶noun (in herbal medicine ) a natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress and to exert a normalizing effect upon bodily processes. A well-known example is ginseng. DERIVATIVES a dapt o gen ic |əˌdaptəˈjenik |adjective ORIGIN 1960s: a term used by N. V. Lazarev, Russian scientist, from adapt + -gen .

adaptogen

adaptogen |aˈdaptədʒ (ə )n | ▶noun (in herbal medicine ) a natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress. DERIVATIVES adaptogenic adjective ORIGIN 1960s: from Russian (see adapt, -gen ).