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Noun [English]

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  1. (biochemistry) A white crystalline organic compound, C₆H₈O₆, found in citrus fruits and many vegetables; it is an antioxidant and an efficient scavenger of free radicals. Wikipedia link: ascorbic acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Acids, Vitamins Synonyms: E300 (alt: as antioxidant), vitamin C, hexuronic acid Derived forms: ascorbate, isoascorbic acid Related terms: scurvy Translations (the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6): àcid ascòrbic [masculine] (Catalan), 抗壞血酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗坏血酸 (kànghuàixuèsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina askorbová [feminine] (Czech), askorbinsyre [common-gender] (Danish), ascorbinezuur [feminine] (Dutch), askorbiinhape (Estonian), askorbiinihappo (Finnish), acide ascorbique [masculine] (French), ácido ascórbico [masculine] (Galician), Ascorbinsäure [feminine] (German), Askorbinsäure [feminine] (German), aszkorbinsav (Hungarian), askorbínsýra [feminine] (Icelandic), asam askorbat (Indonesian), acido ascorbico [masculine] (Italian), アスコルビン酸 (asukorubin san) (alt: アスコルビンさん) (Japanese), 아스코르브산 (aseukoreubeusan) (Korean), asid askorbik (Malay), kwas askorbinowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido ascórbico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid ascorbic [masculine] (Romanian), аскорби́новая кислота́ (askorbínovaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), askorbová kyselina [feminine] (Slovak), askorbinska kislina [feminine] (Slovene), ácido ascórbico [masculine] (Spanish), askorbinsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), аскорбі́нова кислота́ (askorbínova kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), axit ascorbic (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido ascórbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acid ascorbic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "askorbínovaja kislotá",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аскорби́новая кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "askorbová kyselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "askorbinska kislina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido ascórbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "askorbinsyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "askorbínova kyslotá",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аскорбі́нова кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6",
      "word": "axit ascorbic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascorbic acid"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (C6H8O6): E300 (as antioxidant), vitamin C, hexuronic acid desc=C6H8O6 rest=E300 (as antioxidant), vitamin C, hexuronic acid cls=romanization cls2=other e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "ascorbic acid"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ascorbic acid",
  "trace": ""
}

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