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vitamin B17

vitamin B17 noun: pseudoscientific name for the toxic chemical laetrile, commonly used to falsely market it as a vitamin.

Noun

vitamin B₁₇ (uncountable)

  1. pseudoscientific name for the toxic chemical laetrile, commonly used to falsely market it as a vitamin

Questions about vitamin B17

What does vitamin B17 mean?
Vitamin B17 means pseudoscientific name for the toxic chemical laetrile, commonly used to falsely market it as a vitamin.
What part of speech is vitamin B17?
Vitamin B17 is a noun.

Words near vitamin B17 in the dictionary

  1. vitamin A acid
  2. vitamin B
  3. vitamin B complex
  4. vitamin B1
  5. vitamin B12
  6. vitamin B17
  7. vitamin B2
  8. vitamin B3
  9. vitamin B4
  10. vitamin B5
  11. vitamin B6

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