probiotyczny — meaning in English
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English meaning
- probiotic noun A live micro-organism, usually a bacterium or yeast, taken in food or as a supplement in the expectation that it will have some effect once inside the body. The term is also used for the food or capsule containing such organisms.
Senses
probiotyczny is used for these senses in English:
- probiotic Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.
probiotic — full definition
- noun A live micro-organism, usually a bacterium or yeast, taken in food or as a supplement in the expectation that it will have some effect once inside the body. The term is also used for the food or capsule containing such organisms.
- adjective Containing or relating to such live micro-organisms.
- noun In cosmetics marketing, an ingredient described as probiotic, which may be live cultures, dead bacterial cells or extracts of them. The labelling term is not tightly defined in this context.