VITAMIN B2

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin B2 mean? 

• VITAMIN B2 (noun)
  The noun VITAMIN B2 has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss

  Familiarity information: VITAMIN B2 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN B2 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hepatoflavin; lactoflavin; ovoflavin; riboflavin; vitamin B2; vitamin G

Hypernyms ("vitamin B2" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

Meronyms (substance of "vitamin B2"):

flavin (a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin)

 Context examples 

Vitamin B5 is a component of coenzyme A (CoA) and a part of the vitamin B2 complex.

(Pantothenic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Pentothenate is a component of coenzyme A (CoA) and a part of the vitamin B2 complex.

(Calcium Pantothenate, NCI Thesaurus)