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vitamin
English
Etymology
1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin v?ta (“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. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for neutral substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v?t.?.m?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?.t?.m?n/, [?v??.??.m?n]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?v?et.?.m?n/
Noun
vitamin (plural vitamins)
- 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.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:vitamin
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- vitamer
References
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vitami?n/, [vit?a?mi??n]
Noun
vitamin n (singular definite vitaminet, plural indefinite vitaminer)
- vitamin
Declension
Related terms
- A-vitamin, B-vitamin, C-vitamin, D-vitamin, E-vitamin, K-vitamin
- multivitamin
- provitamin
- vitaminholdig
- vitaminisere
Further reading
- “vitamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
- vitamin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian
Etymology
From English vitamin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?vit?min]
- Hyphenation: vi?ta?min
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
vitamin (plural vitaminok)
- vitamin
Declension
Derived terms
- vitaminos
References
Further reading
- vitamin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From English vitamin, earlier vitamine, from Latin v?ta (“life”) (see vital) + amine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vi?tam?n]
- Hyphenation: vi?ta?min
Noun
vitamin (first-person possessive vitaminku, second-person possessive vitaminmu, third-person possessive vitaminnya)
- vitamin: 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.
Further reading
- “vitamin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
vitamin
- R?maji transcription of ????
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)
- a vitamin
References
- “vitamin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)
- a vitamin
References
- “vitamin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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abetalipoproteinemia
English
Etymology
From a- + Ancient Greek ???? (bêta, “second”) + lipoprotein + ???? (haîma, “blood”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /e??be?.t??l?p.o??p?o?.ti?ni.mi.?/
Noun
abetalipoproteinemia (usually uncountable, plural abetalipoproteinemias)
- A rare autosomal recessive disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins from food.
Alternative forms
- abetalipoproteinaemia
Synonyms
- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
Translations
References
Portuguese
Noun
abetalipoproteinemia f (uncountable)
- abetalipoproteinemia (rare disorder that interferes with the absorption of fat)
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