vitamin A

noun

Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.

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antiophthalmic factoraxerophtholA
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Meanings

nounvitamin A (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAny of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

Similar
antiophthalmic factoraxerophtholA
Broader
fat-soluble vitamin
Also see
aaxerophtholretinol

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic فِيتَامِين أَلِف
  • فِيتَامِين أَلِف (fitamīn ʔalif)any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Catalan vitamina A
  • vitamina Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Chinese Mandarin 維生素A /维生素A
  • 維生素A /维生素A (wéishēngsù A)any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Czech vitamín A class m in
  • vitamín A class m inany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Esperanto vitamino A
  • vitamino Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Finnish A-vitamiini
  • A-vitamiiniany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
French vitamine A
  • vitamine Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
German Vitamin A
  • Vitamin Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Hungarian A-vitamin
  • A-vitaminany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Icelandic A-vítamín
  • A-vítamínany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Japanese ビタミンA
  • ビタミンA (bitamin A)any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Korean 비타민 A
  • 비타민 A (bitamin A)any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Polish witamina A, akseroftol
  • witamina Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
  • akseroftolany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Portuguese vitamina A
  • vitamina Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Romanian vitamina A
  • vitamina Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Russian витами́н A
  • витами́н A (vitamín A)any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Spanish vitamina A
  • vitamina Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Swahili vitamini A
  • vitamini Aany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Swedish A-vitamin
  • A-vitaminany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Turkish A vitamini
  • A vitaminiany fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision
Cite this entry
APA

vitamin A. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitamin%20A

MLA

“vitamin A.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitamin%20A. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vitamin A,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitamin%20A.

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