n.
Any of various fat-soluble or water-soluble organic substances essential in minute amounts for normal growth and activity of the body and obtained naturally from plant and animal foods.
[Alteration of vitamine : Latin vīta, life + AMINE (so called because they were originally thought to be amines).]
vitaminic vi'ta·min'ic adj.
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