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vitamin k
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vitamin k has 1 sense
- vitamin k(n = noun.substance) antihemorrhagic factor, naphthoquinone - a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood; Array is a kind of fat-soluble vitamin
has particulars: phylloquinone, phytonadione, vitamin k1, menadione, vitamin k3
CIDE DICTIONARY
vitamin k, n. [from G. Koagulationsvitamin.].
either of two fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin K1 or vitamin K2) that help clot blood by participating in the fromation of prothrombin. [WordNet 1.5]
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