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Definition of Probiotic
1. Noun. A beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant.
Generic synonyms: Bacteria, Bacterium
Specialized synonyms: Acidophilus, Lactobacillus Acidophilus
Definition of Probiotic
1. Noun. A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. ¹
2. Adjective. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Probiotic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probiotic
Literary usage of Probiotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"The first two papers explore genetic and molecular mechanisms specific to
interactions between probiotic bacteria and their hosts; two additional papers ..."
2. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"Such probiotic therapies could extend the lifespan of traditional broad-spectrum
antibiotics because their use in the healthy community essentially converts ..."
3. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the
elderly: An investigation of age-related immunological changes. ..."
4. Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests by Timothy James Butler Boyle, B. Boontawee (1995)
"These conditions can be of a probiotic type in the sense that they lower the adaptive
... To a certain extent such probiotic effects are of course offset by ..."
5. Livestock to 2020: The Next Food Revolution by Christopher L. Delgado (1999)
"In developed countries, and increasingly also in intensive production systems in
developing countries, a wide range of probiotic and antibiotic feed ..."
6. Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertiseby Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens by Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens (1997)
"Biodynamic practice emphasizes probiotic techniques, the gardener's consciousness
and the garden organism as related to the wider environment in which it ..."
7. Sustainable Farming Guide Bookby Douglas Gunnink by Douglas Gunnink (1994)
"Pigs are vaccinated for pyro virus and are given an antibiotic or probiotic if
needed for scours. Cattle are vaccinated for leptospirosis. ..."
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