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vitamin

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Scrabble points
12
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15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/(UK)
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/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/(UK) · /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/ · [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn] · /ˈvɑe.tə.mən/ · [ˈvɑe.ɾə.mən] · /ˈvɨt.ə.mɨn/ · /vaɪ̯ˈt̪aː.mɪn̪/ · /baɪ̯ˈt̪aː.mɪn̪/

Definition of vitamin

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.
    “a food rich in vitamins”
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noun

  1. 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.
    “a food rich in vitamins”
  2. (figuratively, informal)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”
    “I just follow three three Cs: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin Church”

verb

  1. (dated, transitive)To fortify with vitamins.

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Etymology

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),…

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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. 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 natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.

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