retinol
retinol · retinols
Retinol
A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin, present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential…A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
Retinol
More definitions
- an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene
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the vitamin:
Origin
From retina + -ol.From retina + -ol.
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Forms
plural: retinolsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene:vitamin A1
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable