ANTIOPHTHALMIC FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antiophthalmic factor mean? 

• ANTIOPHTHALMIC FACTOR (noun)
  The noun ANTIOPHTHALMIC FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

  Familiarity information: ANTIOPHTHALMIC FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIOPHTHALMIC FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

A; antiophthalmic factor; axerophthol; vitamin A

Hypernyms ("antiophthalmic factor" is a kind of...):

fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiophthalmic factor"):

retinol; vitamin A1 (an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene)

dehydroretinol; vitamin A2 (a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1)