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Vitamine

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vitaminnoun	Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

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vitaminnoun	Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
antineuritic	(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.
antiscorbuticnoun	(pharmacology) Preventing or curing scurvy.
vitamins	"Vitamins" is a short story by American author Raymond Carver.
vitamin anoun	(biochemistry) Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.
vitamin bnoun	(biochemistry) Any member of the vitamin B complex.
vitamin cnoun	The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.
vitamin jnoun	(obsolete) choline
thiaminenoun	(biochemistry) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.
hydroxyvitamin	(biochemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a vitamin, but in practice a derivative of vitamin D that is measured in order to diagnose vitamin D deficiency
antioxidantnoun	Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical.
vitamin b12noun	(biochemistry) The compound cobalamin; (often also) related compounds such as cyanocobalamin.
vitamin b complexnoun	A vitamin supplement containing these vitamins.
essential fatty acidnoun	(biochemistry, organic chemistry) any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F
thiaminnoun	Alternative spelling of thiamine. [(biochemistry) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.]
retinolnoun	(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
pyridoxinenoun	(biochemistry) A derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch.
cobalaminnoun	(organic chemistry) Any of several forms of vitamin B₁₂ depending on the upper axial ligand of the cobalt ion.
dihydroxyvitaminnoun	A physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.
niacinnoun	(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.