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(n)probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic floraa beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant
(n)probioticA dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora.“The first commercially sold dairy-based probiotic was Yakult, a fermented milk with added Lactobacillus casei, in 1935.”