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pteroylglutamic acid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pteroylglutamic acid has 1 sense
- pteroylglutamic acid(n = noun.substance) folacin, folate, folic 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
pteroylglutamic acid, n. = FOLIC ACID.
Etymology
pteroic acid + -YL + GLUTAMIC (ACID)
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