vitamin A

See also: vitamina and vitamină

English

Noun

vitamin A (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• vitamin A acid

Related terms

• retinoic acid
• retinol
• tretinoin

Translations

any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision

• Arabic: فِيتَامِين أَلِف m (fitamīn ʔalif)
• Catalan: vitamina A f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維生素A／维生素A (wéishēngsù A)

• Czech: vitamín A class m in
• Esperanto: vitamino A
• Finnish: A-vitamiini
• French: vitamine A (fr) f
• Georgian: A ვიტამინი (A viṭamini), ვიტამინი A (viṭamini A)
• German: Vitamin A n
• Hungarian: A-vitamin (hu)
• Icelandic: A-vítamín n
• Japanese: ビタミンA (ja) (bitamin A)
• Polish: witamina A (pl) f, akseroftol m
• Portuguese: vitamina A f
• Romanian: vitamina A f
• Russian: витами́н A m (vitamín A)
• Spanish: vitamina A f
• Swahili: vitamini A
• Swedish: A-vitamin (sv) n
• Turkish: A vitamini (tr)