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VITAMIN B12
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia
Synonyms:
antipernicious anemia factor; cobalamin; cyanocobalamin; vitamin B12
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vitamin B12" is a kind of...):
B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)
Context examples:
This species is nonmotile, indole and esculin positive, forms pleomorphic rods in PYG broth, requires vitamin B12 to produce propionate from succinate, and hemin stimulates growth and produces succinate and acetate.
(Bacteroides eggerthii, NCI Thesaurus)
Milk and dairy products contain multiple nutrients and contribute to meeting the nutritional requirement for protein, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, riboflavin, vitamin B12, and pantothenic acid.
(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)
Conditions that may lead to anemia include: • Heavy periods • Pregnancy • Ulcers • Colon polyps or colon cancer • Inherited disorders • A diet that does not have enough iron, folic acid or vitamin B12 • Blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, or cancer • Aplastic anemia, a condition that can be inherited or acquired • G6PD deficiency, a metabolic disorder
(Anemia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Nutritional supplement drink (pediatric) contains vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.
(Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)
Malabsorption, especially of vitamin B12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc.
(Blind Loop Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Nutritional supplement drink contains vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.
(Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)
Other ingredients in green tea extract-based antioxidant supplement include dry cinnamon extract, germanium, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, arginine, cysteine, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), glycyrrhizinic acid, glycine, glucosamine, pyridoxal (vitamin B6), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).
(Green Tea Extract-based Antioxidant Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)
