vitamin k3

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vitamin k3 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  vitamin K3 \vitamin K3\ n.
     menadione, (C11H8O2) being chemically
     2-methyl-1,4,-naphthoquinone. Having no side chain in the 3
     position, it cannot exert all functions of a true K vitamin
     and the designation as vitamin K3 has been discouraged
     --[MI11]
  
     Syn: vitaminK2(0); menaphthone.
          [WordNet 1.5]

vitamin k3 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vitamin K3
      n 1: a form of vitamin K [syn: vitamin K3, menadione]