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vitaminergic

vitaminergic adjective: produced or activated by a vitamin.

Adjective

vitaminergic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Produced or activated by a vitamin
    • Its vitaminergic actions and uses are identical to those of the hydrochloride.1995, Alfonso R. Gennaro, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
    • We hypothesize that AA is a vitaminergic transmitter that activates the release of both FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary gland.
    • A schematic diagram of the hypothesized mechanism of action of AA as a vitaminergic neurotransmitter.2001 September, S. Karanth, W. H. Yu, A. Walczewska, C. A. Mastronardi, S. M. McCann, Ascorbic acid stimulates gonadotropin release by autocrine action by means of NO, in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA...

Origin of vitaminergic

From vitamin + -ergic.

Questions about vitaminergic

What does vitaminergic mean?
Vitaminergic means produced or activated by a vitamin.
What part of speech is vitaminergic?
Vitaminergic is an adjective.

Words near vitaminergic in the dictionary

  1. vitamin P
  2. vitamin R
  3. vitamin V
  4. vitamine
  5. vitamined
  6. vitaminergic
  7. vitamines
  8. vitaminful
  9. vitaminic
  10. vitamining
  11. vitaminise

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