"orotic acid" meaning in English

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        "A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C₅H₄N₂O₄."
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        "(biochemistry) A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C₅H₄N₂O₄."
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          "sense": "pyrimidine carboxylic acid",
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          "sense": "pyrimidine carboxylic acid",
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          "sense": "pyrimidine carboxylic acid",
          "word": "acido orotico"
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