VITAMIN C

Meaning of VITAMIN C in English

[vitamin C] n (1920): a water-soluble vitamin found in plants and esp. in fruits and leafy vegetables or made synthetically and used in the prevention and treatment of scurvy and as an antioxidant for foods--called also ascorbic acid

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

VITAMIN C — MedMaster - Ascorbic Acid
Drug information English vocab
VITAMIN C — noun Date: circa 1920 a water-soluble ~ 6 H 8 O 6 found in plants and especially in fruits and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VITAMIN C — or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism . Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, …
Английский словарь Британика
VITAMIN C — noun : the antiscorbutic vitamin : ascorbic acid 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VITAMIN C — See ascorbic acid . [ 1920-25 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VITAMIN C — essential vitamin found mainly in fruits and vegetables
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VITAMIN C — Date: circa 1920 : a water-soluble vitamin C 6 H 8 O 6 found in plants and especially in fruits …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VITAMIN C — Function: noun Date: circa 1920 : a water-soluble vitamin C 6 H 8 O 6 found in plants and especially …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VITAMIN C — ■ noun another term for ascorbic acid .
Concise Oxford English vocab
VITAMIN C — also called Ascorbic Acid, water-soluble, carbohydrate-like substance that is involved in certain of the metabolic processes of animals. Although most …
Britannica English vocabulary
VITAMIN C — (also asˌcorbic ˈacid ) noun [ U ] a vitamin found in fruits such as oranges and lemons, and in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VITAMIN C — or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism . Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VITAMIN C — Ascorbic acid, important in the synthesis of collagen, the framework protein for tissues of the body. Deficiency leads to scurvy, …
English Dictionary of Medicine
VITAMIN C — Витамин C
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VITAMIN C — витамин С
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VITAMIN C — витамин С
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
VITAMIN C — аскорбиновая кислота, витамин C
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
VITAMIN — vitamine
English interlingue dictionary
VITAMIN — bitamina
English-Visayan vocabulary
VITAMIN — noun Etymology: alteration of ~e, from Latin vita life + English amine Date: circa 1912 any of various organic substances …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VITAMIN — Organic compound required in small amounts in the diet to maintain normal metabolic functions. The term vitamine (1911) was changed …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
VITAMIN — noun also vi·ta·mine ˈvīd.əmə̇n, -ītəm- ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary vit- (from Latin vita life) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
C — () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old …
Английский словарь Webster
C — C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
C — 1. cocaine. 2. Gram. complement. 3. consonant. 4. coulomb. 5. county (used with a number to designate a county road): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
C — noun ( plural c's or cs ˈsēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 3d letter of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
C — as a numeral, c stands for latin centum or 100, cc for 200, ·etc. 2. c ·- the "c clef," …
Webster English vocab
C — C 1 (also c ) ■ noun ( plural Cs or C's ) 1》 the third letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VITAMIN — any of various organic compounds that are required in minute quantities in the diet of most animals for the maintenance …
Britannica English vocabulary
VITAMIN — vitamin BrE AmE ˈvɪt əm ɪn ˈvaɪt-, § -ən AmE ˈvaɪt̬- ▷ vitamin|s z ▶ ˌ vitamin ˈ C BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
C — C, c BrE AmE siː ▷ C's, Cs, c's siːz —Communications code name: Charlie ▶ ˌ C of ˈ E …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VITAMIN — / ˈvɪtəmɪn; NAmE ˈvaɪt-/ noun a natural substance found in food that is an essential part of what humans and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
C — / siː; NAmE / noun , abbreviation , symbol ■ noun (also c ) [ C , U ] ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VITAMIN — vit ‧ a ‧ min /ˈvɪtəmən, ˈvɪtəmɪn, ˈvaɪ- $ ˈvaɪ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
C — I. C 1 BrE AmE , c /siː/ noun ( plural C’s , c’s ) [uncountable and countable] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
C — c ( also c. ) 1 . ( also C ) the written abbreviation of century : the economic changes …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VITAMIN — n. any of a group of organic compounds essential in small amounts for many living organisms to maintain normal health …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
C — n. (also c) (pl. Cs or C's) 1 the third letter of the alphabet. 2 Mus. the first note of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VITAMIN — n. any of a group of organic compounds essential in small amounts for many living organisms to maintain normal health …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
C — n. (also c) (pl. Cs or C's) 1 the third letter of the alphabet. 2 Mus. the first note of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VITAMIN — n. any of a group of organic compounds essential in small amounts for many living organisms to maintain normal health …
Oxford English vocab
VITAMIN — ( vitamins) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Vitamins are substances that you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VITAMIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vitamin tablet ▪ Are all these vitamin tablets really necessary? iron/vitamin etc deficiency ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
C — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an A/B/C student American English (= one who usually gets an A, B, or C for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VITAMIN — [noun] [C] - any of a group of natural substances which are necessary in small amounts for growth and good …
Cambridge English vocab
VITAMIN — n. vitamin B vitamin D deficiency vitamin C deficiency vitamin A vitamin B complex vitamin C vitamin D vitamin E …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VITAMIN — n. Organic compound required in small amounts in the diet to maintain normal metabolic functions. The term vitamine (1911) was …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VITAMIN — Synonyms and related words : adermin, adjuvant, aneurin, antiberi-beri factor, ascorbic acid, axerophthol, biotin, carminative, carotene, cholecalciferol, choline, cobalamin, counterirritant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VITAMIN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ essential , important ▪ antioxidant , fat-soluble ▪ prenatal ( AmE ) ▪ multiple ( AmE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
C+@ — (Formerly Calico). An object-oriented language from Bell Laboratories which uniformly represents all data as a pointer to a self-described object. …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C+- — < language > (C More or Less) A subject-oriented language (SOL). Each C+- class instance, known as a subject, holds …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C++ — < language > One of the most used object-oriented languages, a superset of C developed primarily by Bjarne Stroustrup bs@alice.att.com …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C* — < language , parallel > An object-oriented , data-parallel superset of ANSI C with synchronous semantics , for the Connection …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C — < language > A programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs ca. 1972 for systems programming on …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C++ — Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs as a successor to C . Now one of the languages of …
Jargon File English vocabulary
VITAMIN — сущ. витамин to take vitamins ≈ принимать витамины Lack of vitamin D is another factor to consider. ≈ Недостаток витамина …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VITAMIN — vitamin.ogg ʹvı|təmın,ʹvaıtəmın- n витамин vitamin deficiency - а) недостаток витаминов ( в продукте [/com); б) авитаминоз
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
C — n ( pl Cs, c's si:z ) 1. 3-я буква английского алфавита 2. (C) амер. отметка «удовлетворительно» a C in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VITAMIN — vitamin сущ.витамин to take vitamins — принимать витамины Lack of vitamin D is another factor to consider. — Недостаток витамина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
C — n ( pl Cs, c's [si:z] ) 1. 3-я буква английского алфавита 2. (C) амер. отметка «удовлетворительно» a C in …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
C — n ( pl Cs, c's [si:z] ) 1. 3-я буква английского алфавита 2. (C) амер. отметка «удовлетворительно» a C in …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VITAMIN — n витамин vitamin deficiency - а) недостаток витаминов ( в продукте [/com); б) авитаминоз
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
C — n ( pl Cs, c's si:z ) 1. 3-я буква английского алфавита 2. (C) амер. отметка «удовлетворительно» a C in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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