retinol

See also: rétinol

English

Structure diagram of retinol

Etymology

retina +‎ -ol

Noun

retinol (countable and uncountable, plural retinols)

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

Translations

the vitamin

Arabic: رتينول m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 視黃醇／视黄醇 (shìhuángchún)
Czech: retinol m
Esperanto: retinolo
Finnish: retinoli
French: rétinol (fr) m
German: Retinol (de) n
Greek: ρετινόλη (el) f (retinóli)
Italian: retinolo (it) m
Japanese: レチノール (rechinōru)
Romanian: retinol n
Spanish: retinol m
Swedish: retinol n

Anagrams

Lorient

Spanish

Noun

retinol m (plural retinoles)

(organic chemistry) retinol

Further reading

“retinol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

retinol n

(organic chemistry) retinol
Synonym: A-vitamin

Declension

Declension of retinol
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	retinol	retinolet	—	—
Genitive	retinols	retinolets	—	—

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