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folic acid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun folic acid has 1 sense
- folic acid(n = noun.substance) folacin, folate, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin bc, vitamin m - a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction; Array is a kind of b, b-complex vitamin, b complex, b vitamin, vitamin b, vitamin b complex
OXFORD DICTIONARY
folic acid, n. a vitamin of the B complex, found in leafy green vegetables, liver, and kidney, a deficiency of which causes pernicious anaemia. Also called FOLACIN or PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID.
Etymology
L folium leaf (because found esp. in green leaves) + -IC
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