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retinol

/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
retinol
IPA
/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From retina + -ol.

Usage

Inflected Forms

retinols (plural)

Derived Forms

dehydroretinol dihydroretinol retinoid retinyl transthyretin

Phrases

retinol burn

Synonyms

axerophthol vitamin A vitamin a1

Questions

How do you pronounce retinol?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/.
What does retinol mean?
A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
Where does retinol come from?
From retina + -ol.

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