Meanings
nounretinol (countable and uncountable, plural retinols)
plural retinols
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
Synonyms: axerophthol, vitamin A
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene
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vitamin A1
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishretina
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishretinol
Translations
Arabic رتينول
- رتينولthe vitamin
Chinese Mandarin 視黃醇 /视黄醇
- 視黃醇 /视黄醇 (shìhuángchún)the vitamin
Czech retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
Esperanto retinolo
- retinolothe vitamin
Finnish retinoli
- retinolithe vitamin
French rétinol
- rétinolthe vitamin
German Retinol
- Retinolthe vitamin
Greek ρετινόλη
- ρετινόλη (retinóli)the vitamin
Italian retinolo
- retinolothe vitamin
Japanese レチノール
- レチノール (rechinōru)the vitamin
Korean 레티놀
- 레티놀 (retinol)the vitamin
Portuguese retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
Romanian retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
Spanish retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
Swedish retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
Turkish retinol
- retinolthe vitamin
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Cite this entry
APA
retinol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retinol
MLA
“retinol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retinol. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retinol,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retinol.
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