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What is the noun for vitamin?

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vitamin
  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.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “You've probably seen some recent stories about vitamin D deficiencies, so here's the low-down on this important nutrient.”
      “Cataract patients also tend to be deficient in vitamin A and the carotenes, lutein and zeaxanthin.”
      “Due to its lipophilic nature, vitamin E accumulates in cellular membranes, fat deposits and other circulating lipoproteins.”
vitamer
  1. Any of a combination of substances that, together, function as a vitamin.
vitaminosis
  1. (pathology) Any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins
vitamine
  1. Obsolete form of vitamin.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Without milk fat, in whole milk or in butter, we run considerable risk of having too little of the fat-soluble vitamine.”
      “If the bean is sprouted, a large amount of this fat-soluble vitamine is produced by the plant itself.”
      “Such, however, was not our experience in respect to the antiscorbutic vitamine.”
vitaminoses
  1. plural of vitaminosis
vitamines
  1. plural of vitamine
  2. Examples:
    1. “If margarin is altogether substituted for butter, the necessary vitamines may be sufficiently provided by milk, eggs and greens.”
      “Nettie knew about calories and vitamines and mysterious things like that, and talked about them.”
      “The theory has been advanced that the action of the vitamines is catalytic.”
vitamers
  1. plural of vitamer
vitamins
  1. plural of vitamin
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Benign interventions include hot and cold packs, bandages, canes, lotions, vitamins and nutritional supplements.”
      “There are no toxicity issues with water-soluble vitamins, because they flush out of the body.”
      “Food needs to be balanced with the appropriate vitamins and minerals which are not present in our food.”
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