Vitamin B

Pronunciation

 * Secondary stress would fall on by default, but tends to be retracted to the first syllable.
 * Secondary stress would fall on by default, but tends to be retracted to the first syllable.

Etymology 1
From, the umbrella term. This subgroup was categorised by in 1916 as water-soluble factor B (later vitamin B), hence the letter B.

Noun

 * 1)  the Vitamin B complex (collectively), or a particular member of it (as totum pro parte)

Etymology 2
Humorous re-interpretation of Etymology 1, interpreting B as an abbreviation for and alluding to their vital importance. Compare  and, more loosely,.

Noun

 * 1)  connections people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence