folic acid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
folic acid /ˈfəʊlɪk, ˈfɒl-/

▶noun Biochemistry a vitamin of the B complex found especially in leafy green vegetables, liver, and kidney, a deficiency of which can cause anaemia and birth defects.

– origin 1940s: folic from L. folium ‘leaf’ + -ic.

'folic acid' also found in these Oxford entries:

folacin - folate - vitamin M

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