hypervitaminosis

noun

Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.

Opposite
hypovitaminosis
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Meanings

nounhypervitaminosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypervitaminoses)

plural hypervitaminoses

  1. countableuncountableAny medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.

    The woman's bones were deformed and covered in coarse growths, the result of an agonizing condition called hypervitaminosis A, which can only come from eating the liver of a carnivore.

    2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 398

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
hypovitaminosis

Origin

From hyper- + vitamin + -osis.

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Translations

Arabic فَرْط الفيتامين
  • فَرْط الفيتامينmedical condition
Czech hypervitaminóza
  • hypervitaminózamedical condition
French hypervitaminose
  • hypervitaminosemedical condition
German Hypervitaminose
  • Hypervitaminosemedical condition
Japanese ビタミン過剰症
  • ビタミン過剰症 (bitamin-kajōshō)medical condition
Polish hiperwitaminoza
  • hiperwitaminozamedical condition
Romanian hipervitaminoză
  • hipervitaminozămedical condition
Russian гипервитаминоз
  • гипервитаминоз (gipervitaminoz)medical condition
Slovak hypervitaminóza
  • hypervitaminózamedical condition
Ukrainian гіпервітаміноз
  • гіпервітаміноз (hipervitaminoz)medical condition
Cite this entry
APA

hypervitaminosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervitaminosis

MLA

“hypervitaminosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervitaminosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypervitaminosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervitaminosis.

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