"folic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin folium (“leaf”), from its occurrence in leafy vegetables. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|folium|t=leaf}} Latin folium (“leaf”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} folic acid (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction Wikipedia link: folic acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids, Vitamins Synonyms: vitamin B9, vitamin Bc, vitamin M, pteroylglutamic acid Coordinate_terms: folate (english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution) Translations (vitamin B9, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid): azido foliko (Basque), àcid fòlic [masculine] (Catalan), 葉酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 叶酸 (yèsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina listová [feminine] (Czech), foliumzuur [neuter] (Dutch), folaat (Dutch), foolihappo (Finnish), acide folique [masculine] (French), Folsäure [feminine] (German), חומצה פולית (khomtza folit) (Hebrew), folsav (Hungarian), fólínsýra [feminine] (Icelandic), aigéad fólach [masculine] (Irish), acido folico [masculine] (Italian), 葉酸 (yousan) (Japanese), фолна киселина (folna kiselina) [feminine] (Macedonian), ácido fólico [masculine] (Portuguese), фо́лиевая кислота́ (fólijevaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), searbhag dhuilleagach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), фолна киселѝна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), folna kiselìna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ácido fólico [masculine] (Spanish), asid ffolig (Welsh)

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