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folic acid definition

fo·lic acid (fō′lik)

a crystalline substance, CHNO, found in green leaves and in certain other plant and animal tissues, exhibiting vitamin B activity: used in medicine, esp. for treating certain anemias

Etymology: < L folium, a leaf (see foliate) + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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