Vitamins

Vitamins were identified as trace substances in the diet necessary to prevent diseases like beriberi and scurvy. Initially thought to contain amine groups, the term comes from vit-amines, but the e was dropped to dilute the reference.
 Casimir Funk Poland 1912 Vitamins

Vitamins were identified as trace substances in the diet necessary to prevent diseases like beriberi and scurvy. Initially thought to contain amine groups, the term comes from vit-amines, but the e was dropped to dilute the reference.