VITAMIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin mean? 

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

1. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)

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

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

water-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in water)

Holonyms ("vitamin" is a substance of...):

multivitamin; multivitamin pill (a pill or tablet containing several vitamins)

Derivation:

vitaminize (add vitamins as a supplement)

 Context examples 

Also called ATRA, retinoic acid, tretinoin, and vitamin A acid.

(All-trans retinoic acid, NCI Dictionary)

This gene plays a role in the metabolism of vitamins and amino acids.

(MTRR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Present in minute amounts in various foods, vitamins are essential to maintaining normal metabolism and biochemical functions.

(Multivitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Identifying and correcting vitamin D insufficiency could aid in the early treatment of MS.

(Vitamin D Levels Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)

Ask your doctor if taking vitamin C would help.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Causes include vitamin K deficiency, amyloidosis, and severe liver disease.

(Acquired Coagulation Factor Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides high amounts of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, acai berry is rich in phytonutrients such as anthocyanins and flavones which are potent scavengers of reactive oxygen species.

(Acai Berry Juice, NCI Thesaurus)

As a vitamin K antagonist, acenocoumarol inhibits vitamin K epoxide reductase, thereby inhibiting the reduction of vitamin K and the availability of vitamin KH2.

(Acenocoumarol, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type D protein, mitochondrial, plays a role in the mediation of vitamin B12 metabolism.

(MMADHC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in multiple vitamin deficiencies.

(Abetalipoproteinemia, NCI Thesaurus)