hypervitaminosis

[ hahy-per-vahy-tuh-muh-noh-sis ]
/ ˌhaɪ pərˌvaɪ tə məˈnoʊ sɪs /

noun Pathology.

an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.

Origin of hypervitaminosis

First recorded in 1925–30; hyper- + vitamin + -osis

Words nearby hypervitaminosis

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British Dictionary definitions for hypervitaminosis

hypervitaminosis
/ (ˌhaɪpəˌvɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs, -ˌvaɪ-) /

noun

pathol the condition resulting from the chronic excessive intake of vitamins

Word Origin for hypervitaminosis

C20: from hyper- + vitamin + -osis

Medical definitions for hypervitaminosis

hypervitaminosis
[ hī′pər-vī′tə-mə-nō′sĭs ]

n.

Any of various abnormal conditions in which the physiological effect of a vitamin is produced to a pathological degree by excessive intake of the vitamin.