— vitaminic , adj.
/vuy"teuh min/ ; Brit. also /vit"euh min/ , n.
any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
Also, vitamine /vuy"teuh min, -meen'/ ; Brit. also /vit"euh min, -meen'/ .
[ 1912; earlier vitamine vit ( a ) life + AMINE; coined by C. Funk, who thought they were amines ]