fat-soluble vitamin
1fat-soluble vitamin — noun any vitamin that is soluble in fats • Hypernyms: ↑vitamin • Hyponyms: ↑vitamin A, ↑antiophthalmic factor, ↑axerophthol, ↑A, ↑vitamin D, ↑calciferol, ↑ …
2fat-soluble — adjective soluble in fats fat soluble vitamin A • Similar to: ↑soluble * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : soluble in fats or fat solvents (as ether) : oil soluble used especially of certain vitamins fat soluble vitamin A …
3fat-soluble — fat sol·u·ble fat .säl yə bəl adj soluble in fats or fat solvents <the fat soluble vitamins include vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin K> …
4fat-soluble — adj. Fat soluble is used with these nouns: ↑vitamin …
5Vitamin A — Systematic (IUPAC) name (2E,4E,6E,8E) 3,7 Dimethyl …
6vitamin K — n. a fat soluble vitamin, synthesized constantly by intestinal bacteria in mammals and occurring in certain green vegetables, fish meal, etc., that promotes blood clotting and is required for the synthesis of prothrombin by the liver: the two… …
7Vitamin A — is retinol. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually converted by the body to vitamin A (retinol). A form of vitamin A called retinal is responsible for transmitting light sensation in the retina of the …
8vitamin K — n. a fat soluble vitamin, synthesized constantly by intestinal bacteria in mammals and occurring in certain green vegetables, fish meal, etc., that promotes blood clotting and is required for the synthesis of prothrombin by the liver: the two… …
9vitamin E — n. a fat soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction. It is found in vegetable oils, butter, and eggs. Syn: tocopherol, alpha tocopherol. [WordNet 1.5] …
10vitamin — vitaminic, adj. /vuy teuh min/; Brit. also /vit euh min/, n. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies… …