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pteroic acid definition

pteroic acid (tə rō′ik)

a crystalline acid, CHNO, which can react with glutamic acid to form folic acid

Etymology: ult. < Gr pteron, feather, wing (because found in pigments in butterfly wings) + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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