vitamin a1

1. 1.

   an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene

   Synonymsretinol

   Broadervitamin A

Questions about vitamin a1

What does vitamin a1 mean?

vitamin a1 means "an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene".

What is another word for vitamin a1?

Close synonyms include retinol. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vitamin a1 a common word?

vitamin a1 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.