retinol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/

retinol retinols

From retina + -ol.

axerophthol vitamin A

dehydroretinol dihydroretinol retinoid retinyl transthyretin

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