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OVOFLAVIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovoflavin mean?
• OVOFLAVIN (noun)
The noun OVOFLAVIN has 1 sense:
1. a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
Familiarity information: OVOFLAVIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
hepatoflavin; lactoflavin; ovoflavin; riboflavin; vitamin B2; vitamin G
Hypernyms ("ovoflavin" is a kind of...):
B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)
Meronyms (substance of "ovoflavin"):
flavin (a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin)
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