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HYPERVITAMINOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypervitaminosis mean?
• HYPERVITAMINOSIS (noun)
The noun HYPERVITAMINOSIS has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K
Familiarity information: HYPERVITAMINOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypervitaminosis" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
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