cyanocobalamin

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Noun

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cy=a=no=co=bal=a=min

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cyanocobalamin has 1 sense

cyanocobalamin(n = noun.substance) antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, vitamin b12 - a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia; Array

is a kind of b, b-complex vitamin, b complex, b vitamin, vitamin b, vitamin b complex

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cyanocobalamin, n. a vitamin of the B complex, found in foods of animal origin such as liver, fish, and eggs, a deficiency of which can cause pernicious anaemia. Also called vitamin B12.

Etymology

CYANOGEN + cobalamin f. COBALT + VITAMIN

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