VITAMIN B12


Meaning of VITAMIN B12 in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈbē-ˈtwelv ]

noun

Date: 1948

1. : a complex cobalt-containing compound C 63 H 88 CoN 14 O 14 P that occurs especially in liver, is essential to normal blood formation, neural function, and growth, and is used especially in treating pernicious and related anemias and in animal feed as a growth factor — called also cyanocobalamin

2. : any of several compounds similar to vitamin B 12 in action but having different chemistry

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