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AXEROPHTHOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does axerophthol mean?
• AXEROPHTHOL (noun)
The noun AXEROPHTHOL 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: AXEROPHTHOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
A; antiophthalmic factor; axerophthol; vitamin A
Hypernyms ("axerophthol" is a kind of...):
fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "axerophthol"):
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)
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