vitamin A

vitamin A

See also: vitamina and vitamină

English

Noun

vitamin A (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.

Derived terms

• vitamin A acid

Related terms

• retinoic acid
• retinol
• tretinoin

Translations

any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision

Arabic: فِيتَامِين أَلِف‎ m (fitamīn ʾalif) Catalan: vitamina A f Chinese: Mandarin: 維生素A, 维生素A (wéishēngsù A) Czech: vitamín A class m in Esperanto: vitamino A Finnish: A-vitamiini French: vitamine A (fr) f German: Vitamin A n

Icelandic: A-vítamín n Japanese: ビタミンA (ja) (bitamin A) Portuguese: vitamina A f Romanian: vitamina A f Russian: витами́н A m (vitamín A) Spanish: vitamina A f Swedish: a-vitamin c Turkish: A vitamini (tr)