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On 7 Feb 2003 20:43:44 -0800, lagavril@midway.uchicago.edu (Leonid
Gavrilov) wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I wonder when the term "anti-aging" was first used in scientific
>publications, and in the lay literature ?
>
>Who coined this term ?
>
>Is this term listed in any dictionary or encyclopedia ?
>

It's in my little Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (1983), simply in a
list of "obvious" anti... words. So they don't give any info on it.

Oxford English Dictionary is usually good at word histories; available
in many libraries.

bob

lagavril@midway.uchicago.edu (Leonid Gavrilov) wrote in message news:<9259eb2.0302072043.467349fa@posting.google.com>...
> Greetings,
> 
> I wonder when the term "anti-aging" was first used in scientific
> publications, and in the lay literature ?
> 
> Who coined this term ?
> 
> Is this term listed in any dictionary or encyclopedia ?
> 
> Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you !
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> -- Leonid Gavrilov 
> Author of the book "The Biology of Life Span" 
> http://www.src.uchicago.edu/~gavr1/index.html#Book

Hi Leonid,
     Suprisingly, the first use in the Google archives is not until
'92, in reference to DHEA, then once againg in '93. In '94 the word
seemed to become popular, about ten hits. Here's the first hit on
Medline. It would be interesing to know something more of the subject
matter, if only from an historical perspective. My guess would be,
it's a cosmetic.
Thomas

G Gerontol  1969 Aug;17(8):817-22 

[Preliminary results of clinical trials of a new anti-aging
preparation]

[Article in Italian]

Bottecchia G, Pesaro F, Salmeri G.

PMID: 5371745

Hi Leonid
  The term anti-aging is in Webster's unabridged dictionary but no
date or origin is listed as is usual. I think it must date back to at
least the 19th Century as some snake oil nostrums from that era were
described as anti-aging I think  but I imagine it could go back much
further to the Alchemists or even into antiquity I suppose. Perhaps
someone else may be more specific.


Regards
   Tim

lagavril@midway.uchicago.edu (Leonid Gavrilov) wrote in message news:<9259eb2.0302072043.467349fa@posting.google.com>...
> Greetings,
> 
> I wonder when the term "anti-aging" was first used in scientific
> publications, and in the lay literature ?

I think non-aging might have been a better term.  Perhaps even
reverse-aging.  Anti-aging seems like it would be an adjective
describing one's hatred for anything that ages.

danny wrote:
> 
> lagavril@midway.uchicago.edu (Leonid Gavrilov) wrote in message news:<9259eb2.0302072043.467349fa@posting.google.com>...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I wonder when the term "anti-aging" was first used in scientific
> > publications, and in the lay literature ?
> 
> I think non-aging might have been a better term.  Perhaps even
> reverse-aging.  Anti-aging seems like it would be an adjective
> describing one's hatred for anything that ages.

   I think you're over-analyzing. When we speak of an 'anti-cancer' or
'anti-AIDS' drug, people understand what is meant...