nonvitamin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ vitamin

Adjective[edit]

nonvitamin (not comparable)

  1. Not a vitamin.
    • 2007 January 16, Dan Hurley, “Diet Supplements and Safety: Some Disquieting Data”, in New York Times[1]:
      In April 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said it had received 260 reports of deaths associated with herbs and other nonvitamin, nonmineral supplements since 1989.

Noun[edit]

nonvitamin (plural nonvitamins)

  1. A substance that is not a vitamin.