"multivitamin" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From multi- + vitamin. Etymology templates: {{af|en|multi-|vitamin}} multi- + vitamin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multivitamin (not comparable)
  1. Containing or relating to multiple vitamins. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to multiple vitamins): multivitaminico (Italian)
    Sense id: en-multivitamin-en-adj--EnU1SEr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 34 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 28 37 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 39 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 38 30

Noun

Forms: multivitamins [plural]
Etymology: From multi- + vitamin. Etymology templates: {{af|en|multi-|vitamin}} multi- + vitamin Head templates: {{en-noun}} multivitamin (plural multivitamins)
  1. A mixture of vitamins.
    Sense id: en-multivitamin-en-noun-pDzeD~1X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 34 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 28 37 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 39 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 38 30
  2. A preparation containing such a mixture.
    Sense id: en-multivitamin-en-noun-iyi96HDi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 34 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 28 37 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 39 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 38 30

Inflected forms

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