"provitamin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: provitamins [plural]
Etymology: From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pro|vitamin|t1=forward, facing, favouring, toward}} pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin Head templates: {{en-noun}} provitamin (plural provitamins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism Categories (topical): Biochemistry Derived forms: provitamin A, provitamin D, provitaminic Translations (compound): provitamiini (Finnish), provitamine (French), プロビタミン (purobitamin) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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