vitamin
Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
Noun 2 meanings
Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
“a food rich in vitamins”
preceding a word or its initial letter, to imply that the referent benefits health or wellness
“Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life”
Verb 1 meaning
To fortify with vitamins.
Etymology
First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines.
VITAMIN at a glance
VITAMIN has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (V 4 + I 1 + T 1 + A 1 + M 3 + I 1 + N 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,971 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with vitamin
All rhymes- BENJAMIN19
- ADMIN8
- AMIN6
- CUMIN9
- VERMIN11
- BRAHMIN14
- JASMIN15
- ALBUMIN11
- METFORMIN16
- MULTIVITAMIN19
- RAMIN7
- CURCUMIN14
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