multivitamin

[ muhl-ti-vahy-tuh-min ]

adjective

1. containing or consisting of several vitamins:

   multivitamin capsules.

noun

1. a compound of several vitamins.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multivitamin¹

First recorded in 1940–45; multi- + vitamin

Example Sentences

"What we decided to do was make these hollow capsules -- something like a multivitamin pill, but instead of filling them up with vitamins, we fill them up with yeast cells," Gokhale says.

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"We recommend only taking multivitamins that are guaranteed to be safe," he cautions.

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People in both the multivitamin and placebo groups improved their cognitive scores over two years, possibly because they were already familiar with the tests.

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The results from this latest report confirm consistent and statistically significant benefits of a daily multivitamin versus placebo for both memory and global cognition.

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The capsule, which is about the size of a multivitamin, uses an accelerometer to measure the patient's breathing rate and heart rate.

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