Etymograph

English

hydroxyvitamin

From hydroxy- + vitamin.

Formed from hydroxy- + vitamin

Proto-Italic *gʷītā ‘life’

Latin vīta ‘life’

English vitamin

Today it means

noun Any hydroxy derivative of a vitamin, but in practice a derivative of vitamin D that is measured in order to diagnose vitamin D deficiency

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