any of a group of four closely related viscous oils that constitute vitamin E and occur chiefly in wheat germ oil, cottonseed oil, lettuce, etc.
Origin of tocopherol
from Classical Greek tokos, childbirth + pherein, to bear + -oltocopherol
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tocopherol
noun
Any of a group of closely related fat-soluble alcohols that are forms of vitamin E and that differ from the tocotrienols in having saturated side chains.
Origin of tocopherol
Greek tokos offspring, childbirth ; see tek- in Indo-European roots.Greek pherein to bear, carry ; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots. -ol 1 ( tocopherols being so called because they were discovered after it was observed that rats did not reproduce when fed a diet lacking these compounds )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Any of a group of closely related, fat-soluble alcohols that are types of vitamin E, especially alpha-tocopherol.
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tocopherol - Medical Definition
n.
Any of a group of closely related fat-soluble alcohols that are forms of vitamin E and that differ from the tocotrienols in having saturated side chains.
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