nutraceutical/njuːtɹəˈsuːtɪkəl/EtymologyBlend of nutrient + pharmaceutical, a marketing term coined by Stephen DeFelice in 1989.nutraceutical means A nutrient or food believed to have curative properties; a food used as a drug. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounA nutrient or food believed to have curative properties; a food used as a drug.“The latest nutraceutical nostrum could come from the blueberry.”