vitamin E

See also: vitamine, Vitamine, and vitaminé

English

Noun

vitamin E (uncountable)

1. Any of several fat-soluble vitamins, found in plants, that act as antioxidants and are essential for reproduction; the tocopherols.
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Put Vitamin E oil on scars, move wounded skin from side to side one minute per day to loosen scar tissue from muscle. Begin exercises to build pectorals again.

Translations

any of several fat-soluble vitamins

• Finnish: E-vitamiini
• Georgian: E ვიტამინი (E viṭamini), ვიტამინი E (viṭamini E)
• Icelandic: E-vítamín n
• Portuguese: vitamina E f
• Russian: витами́н E m (vitamín E)
• Swahili: vitamini E