PANTOTHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pantothen mean? 

• PANTOTHEN (noun)
  The noun PANTOTHEN has 1 sense:

1. a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods

  Familiarity information: PANTOTHEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANTOTHEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pantothen; pantothenic acid

Hypernyms ("pantothen" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

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)