vitamin

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

• Fruit is rich in vitamins.

  Obst ist sehr vitaminreich.

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

• I take vitamins every day.

  Ich nehme jeden Tag Vitamine ein.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Vitamin

preceding a word or its initial letter, to imply that the referent benefits health or wellnessselten