micronutrient

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ nutrient.

Noun

micronutrient (plural micronutrients)

1. A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.

   Synonyms: micromineral, trace element

   Antonym: macronutrient

   Hyponyms: mineral, vitamin, calcium, iron, iodine

   • 2010, Anthony Marcelus, “Fix Your Fare”, in Reps!, 17:75:

     Broccoli, on the other hand, is loaded with healthy micronutrients and is perfect in any meal, so keep it on your plate.

Translations

essential mineral or vitamin

Chinese: Mandarin: 微量元素 (zh) (wēiliàng yuánsù) Danish: mikronæringsstof n Estonian: mikrotoitaine Finnish: vitamiini (fi), hivenaine (fi) French: micro-élément m German: Mikronährstoff (de) m, Spurenelement (de) n Italian: micronutriente (it) m, oligonutriente m Norwegian: Bokmål: mikronæringsstoff n Nynorsk: mikronæringsstoff n Portuguese: micronutriente (pt) m, oligoelemento m Spanish: micronutriente m Tagalog: kalit-ang kapaniya, mikkapaniya, mikapaniya Vietnamese: nguyên tố vi lượng, vi lượng tố Welsh: microfaethyn m, microfaetholyn m

Further reading

• micronutrient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia