antivitamin

[ an-tee-vahy-tuh-min, an-tahy- or, British, -vit-uh-min ]

nounBiochemistry.

any substance that interferes with the action of a vitamin.

Origin of antivitamin

¹

First recorded in 1925–30; anti- + vitamin

Words Nearby antivitamin

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