rejuvenatoryadj.
/rəˌdʒuːvəˈneɪt(ə)ri/, /rᵻˈdʒuːvᵻnət(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈdʒuvənəˌtɔri/, /riˈdʒuvənəˌtɔri/ Tending or intended to cause rejuvenation; of or relating to rejuvenation.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > rejuvenation > causing
rejuvenescent1763
rejuvenant1850
rejuvenatory1889
1889 Chicago Med. Times Dec. 551/2 The Chicago Medical Times has recently been subjected to a dose of Brown–Sequard's elixir or some other rejuvenatory agent.
1968 Exper. Gerontol. 3 227 Starvation and..regeneration have been shown to have rejuvenatory effects.
1975 Times 14 Feb. 13/3 A unique and very costly rejuvenatory treatment, which attracts the Very Top People.
1997 Med. Hypotheses 48 47 Nutritional/hormonal measures which up-regulate such expression [sc. of interleukin-2 and its receptor] may thus have a ‘rejuvenatory’ impact on geriatric immune function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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