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FOLIC ACID

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Dictionary entry overview: What does folic acid mean?

• FOLIC ACID (noun)
The noun FOLIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

Familiarity information: FOLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOLIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

folacin; folate; folic acid; pteroylglutamic acid; pteroylmonoglutamic acid; vitamin Bc; vitamin M

Hypernyms ("folic acid" is a kind of...):

B; B complex; B vitamin; B-complex vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

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