adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ o ̇ r-th ə -m ə - ' le-ky ə -l ə r
Function: adjective
Date: 1968
: relating to, based on, using, or being a theory according to which disease may be cured by providing the optimum amounts of substances (as vitamins) normally present in the body < orthomolecular therapy> < orthomolecular psychiatry>