Retinol










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Retinol \Ret"i*nol\, n. [Gr. ??? resin + L. oleum oil.]

1. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon oil C32H16, obtained by the
distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an
antiseptic, and in printer's ink.
[1913 Webster +PJC]


2. One of the compounds which function as vitamin A. Called
also vitamin A, vitamin A1 and vitamin A alcohol.
See vitamin A1.
[PJC]
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retinol
n 1: an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver
oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene [syn:
vitamin A1, retinol]

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