vitamin a2

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   a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1

   Synonymsdehydroretinol

   Broadervitamin A

Questions about vitamin a2

What does vitamin a2 mean?

vitamin a2 means "a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1".

What is another word for vitamin a2?

Close synonyms include dehydroretinol. 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 a2 a common word?

vitamin a2 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.