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Vitamin B12

Definition: Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12

Noun

1. A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Vitamin B12

Synonyms: antipernicious anemia factor (n), cobalamin (n), cyanocobalamin (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: apf (medicine).

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Crosswords: Vitamin B12

English words defined with "vitamin B12": intrinsic factor ♦ malignant anaemia, malignant anemia ♦ pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vitamin B12": Deoxyuridine ♦ FIGLU Test ♦ Hydroxocobalamin ♦ Schilling Test ♦ Transcobalamins. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Vitamin B12

DomainTitle

Books

  • Gastric intrinsic factor and other vitamin B12 binders : biochemistry, physiology, pathology and relation to vitamin B12 metabolism (reference)

  • Totalsynthese von Vitamin B12 : Dicyano-Co(III)-Cobyrinsäure-Hexamethylester-f-Amid (reference)

  • Vitamin B12 : proceedings of the third European Symposium on Vitamin B12 and Intrinsic Factor, University of Zèurich, March 5-8, 1979, Zèurich, Switzerland (reference)

  • Vitamin B12 and B12-Proteins (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Vitamin B12

Computer Images:
Vitamin B12

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Photo Album: Vitamin B12

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Cereals can be rich in vitamin B12. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vitamin B12

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In addition to EPO and iron, a few people may also need vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements. (references)

Blood tests may be performed to rule out various disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, HIV infection, and vitamin B12 deficiency. (references)

If EPO, iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid all fail, your doctor should look for other causes such as sickle cell disease or an inflammatory problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Vitamin B12

Expression using "vitamin B12": Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin). Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vitamin B12

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vitamin b12

885

vitamin b12 deficiency

159

vitamin b12 injection

27

symptom of vitamin b12 deficiency

18

sublingual vitamin b12

12

vitamin b12 toxicity

5

food contain vitamin b12

4

vitamin b12 and folic acid

2
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Modern Translations: Vitamin B12

Language Translations for "vitamin B12"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vitamin B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cyanocobalamin (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cobalamin (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vitamine B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cyanocobalamine (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cobalimine (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

syanokobalamiini (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), kobalamiini (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), B12-vitamiini (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

French

  

vitamine B12 (vitamine B12), facteur antipernicieux (vitamine B12), cyanocobalamine (vitamine B12), cobalamine (vitamine B12). (various references)

   

German

  

Vitamin B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Kobalamin (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Extrinsic-Faktor (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Cyanocobalaminum (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Cyanocobalamin (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Cobalamin (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), Antiperniziosa-Faktor (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vitamina B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cobalammina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cianocobalamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), ciancobolamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itaminvay

   

Portuguese

  

vitamina B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cobalamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cianocobalamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vitamina B12 (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cobalamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12), cianocobalamina (animalprotein factor, anti pernicious factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamine B12). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vitamin B12

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "1-2-a-b-i-i-m-n-t-v"

-3 letters: vitamin.

-4 letters: intima, vimina.

-5 letters: ambit, animi, binit, iambi, matin, mavin, nimbi, tibia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Vitamin B12


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 69 74 61 6D 69 6E      42 31 32

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101101 01101001 01101110 00100000 01000010 00110001 00110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#105 &#116 &#97 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#32 &#66 &#49 &#50

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0069 0074 0061 006D 0069 006E      0042 0031 0032

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

567586677975802361920

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions 		9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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