provitamin
provitamin · provitamins
Provitamin
Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an…Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
Meaning
1 sensesAny biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
Provitamin
vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
compound:
Origin
From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin.From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: provitamins| Singular | provitamin |
|---|---|
| Plural | provitamins |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedprovitaminic