HEPATOFLAVIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatoflavin mean? 

• HEPATOFLAVIN (noun)
  The noun HEPATOFLAVIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HEPATOFLAVIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATOFLAVIN (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 ("hepatoflavin" 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 "hepatoflavin"):

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