VITAMIN P

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin P mean? 

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

1. a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN P (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bioflavinoid; citrin; vitamin P

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

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

 Context examples 

Naturally occurring flavone or coumarin derivatives having the activity of the so-called vitamin P, notably rutin and esculin.

(Bioflavonoid, NCI Thesaurus)