multivitaminadj.n.
/ˌmʌltɪˈvɪtəmɪn/, /ˌmʌltɪˈvʌɪtəmɪn/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈvaɪdəm(ə)n/; see also multi- comb. form. A. adj.
Involving or containing a variety of vitamins.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [adjective]
multivitamin1939
1939 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 9 Nov. 3/6 (advt. headline) Multi-vitamin products.
1942 Endeavour Jan. 32/1 On the matter of multivitamin treatment, there are different schools of thought.
1942 Endeavour Jan. 32/2 No multivitamin ‘pill’..can at present replace a mixed all-round diet.
1968 M. Pyke Food & Society ii. 17 But it is different when a manufacturer advertises that..expensive multivitamin tablets protect the well-fed people who can afford them against deficiency diseases they will never experience.
1983 S. Kitzinger Woman's Experience of Sex vii. 247 One multi-vitamin tablet taken each day may be a good idea for the older woman.
1997 XL for Men Aug. 32 (advt.) With 30 bio-elements Wellman is no ordinary multivitamin supplement.
B. n.
A tablet or pill which contains a variety of vitamins.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > tablet or lozenge > specific type of tablet or lozenge
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sief?1550
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palatinoid1890
multivitamin1941
linguet1943
salt tablet1944
multimineral1990
1941 Pop. Mech. Apr. 159 a/1 Are you getting your money's worth when you buy multi-vitamins?
1968 N. Bethell & B. Burg tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward (1971) i. iv. 56 Mursalimov picked up an empty bottle of multi-vitamins.
1989 Woman's Realm 11 Apr. 11/4 It's now thought that these problems might be prevented by the mother taking multi-vitamins daily before and after conception.
1997 Esquire Aug. 100/1 Now you bombard your body daily with a dizzying..array of multivitamins, megadose supplements, and Emergen-C fizz drinks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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