ascorbic acid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ascorbic acid /əˈskɔːbɪk/

▶noun vitamin C, a compound found in citrus fruits and green vegetables which is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue and of which a deficiency causes scurvy.

– origin 1930s: from a-1 + med. L. scorbutus ‘scurvy’ + -ic.

'ascorbic acid' also found in these Oxford entries:

ascorbate - vitamin C

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