vitaminico

vitamin (attributive)

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Usage Note

Vitaminico is a technical adjective meaning 'relating to vitamins' and is used almost exclusively in medical or nutritional contexts: carenza vitaminica (vitamin deficiency), fabbisogno vitaminico (vitamin requirement). It agrees in gender and number. In everyday speech Italians are more likely to say di vitamine as a prepositional phrase.

Examples

"Una carenza vitaminica può causare stanchezza."

Natural Translation

A vitamin deficiency can cause fatigue.

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