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vitamin I

vitamin I noun: ibuprofen.

Noun

vitamin I (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang) Ibuprofen.
    • Ibuprofen has relieved pain and inflammation for millions of people. It works, scientists believe, by controlling the body's synthesis of a hormone called prostaglandin, which affects the inflammatory response to injury, stress, or injury. Some triathletes tape the little brown pills to their bikes...2008, Jayne Williams -, Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete, →ISBN
    • But I am up, hobbling around, taking hefty doses of ibuprofen, good ol' vitamin I.2010, Jim Oooooo, What I Did on My Summer Vacation Or North to Alaska, →ISBN

Examples of vitamin I in a sentence

  • For people who tolerate vitamin I well, it's pretty much a miracle drug.2008, Jayne Williams -, Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete, →ISBN:
  • "Nah," The Liberator waved it off, "I took some good ol' vitamin I."2017, K.A. Hrycik, Hold for Hiker Trash, →ISBN:

Origin of vitamin I

From the first letter of ibuprofen, called a "vitamin" because some athletes rely on it daily.

Words that rhyme with vitamin I

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Questions about vitamin I

What does vitamin I mean?
Vitamin I means ibuprofen.
How do you use vitamin I in a sentence?
For people who tolerate vitamin I well, it's pretty much a miracle drug.
What part of speech is vitamin I?
Vitamin I is a noun.

Words near vitamin I in the dictionary

  1. vitamin D5
  2. vitamin E
  3. vitamin F
  4. vitamin G
  5. vitamin H
  6. vitamin I
  7. vitamin J
  8. vitamin K
  9. vitamin K1
  10. vitamin K2
  11. vitamin M

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