vitamin B1
- noun
- /ˈvaɪtəmɪn bi wʌn/
- Specialized
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vitamina B1
- Eating a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables can help ensure you get enough vitamin B1 for healthy energy metabolism.
Examples
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Deficiency of vitamin B1 or thiamine will cause memory disorders such as Wernicke's disease and Korsakoff's syndrome.
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People who do not get enough vitamin B1 may experience fatigue and weak muscles.
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Supplementing with vitamin B1 is important for individuals with certain dietary restrictions to prevent deficiencies.
Synonyms
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5.3
A B vitamin that helps the body make energy and keep nerves healthy
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4.5
A B vitamin that helps your body use food and prevents beriberi
A B vitamin called thiamine that prevents beriberi and helps the body use energy from food
A B vitamin called thiamine that the body needs for energy and to prevent beriberi
Surface Forms
Morphology
vitamin + B1
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'vitamin' (a nutrient) plus the alphanumeric label 'B1' denotes a specific B-group vitamin (thiamine). Although 'B1' is not a lexical word, the letter-number classification pattern for vitamins is cross-linguistically common and allows learners who recognize the label to infer the meaning easily.
Etymology
Vitamin B1 comes from early scientists who called important nutrients vitamins and gave numbers to those in the B group, so the first was named B1 and later called thiamine. That's why Vitamin B1 now means the specific nutrient the body needs to make energy and to prevent the disease 'beriberi'.