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vitamin B complex \-ˈbēˌkämˌpleks\ noun : a group of water-soluble vitamins that are found especially in yeast, the germ of cereals, nuts, eggs, liver, meats, fish, and vegetables, that in addition to those given vitamin B names usually include para-aminobenzoic acid, biotin, carnitine, choline, folic acid, meso-inositol, nicotinic acid or nicotinamide, and pantothenic acid, that in a few cases function as coenzymes, and that in some cases are growth factors for bacteria and are formed by bacterial action in the intestinal tract of various animals |