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COBALAMIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does cobalamin mean?

• COBALAMIN (noun)
The noun COBALAMIN has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: COBALAMIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COBALAMIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

antipernicious anemia factor; cobalamin; cyanocobalamin; vitamin B12

Hypernyms ("cobalamin" is a kind of...):

B; B complex; B vitamin; B-complex vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

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