vitamin K3 \vitamin K3\ n. menadione, ({C11H8O2}) being chemically 2-methyl-1,4,-naphthoquinone. Having no side chain in the 3 position, it cannot exert all functions of a true K vitamin and the designation as vitamin K3 has been discouraged --[MI11] Syn: vitaminK2(0); menaphthone. [WordNet 1.5]