Etymology

provitamin

P3R1O1V4I1T1A1M3I1N1

Today it means: Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism Full definition →

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The story

From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin.

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