"vitamin C" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vitamin C (uncountable)
  1. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy. Wikipedia link: vitamin C Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Vitamins Synonyms: E300 when used as an antioxidant Translations (L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid): فيتامين سي (Arabic), فيتامين ج (Arabic), 維生素C (Chinese Mandarin), 维生素C (wéishēngsù-C) (Chinese Mandarin), C-vitamin [neuter] (Danish), C-vitamiini (Finnish), vitamine C [feminine] (French), C ვიტამინი (C viṭamini) (Georgian), ვიტამინი C (viṭamini C) (Georgian), C-vitamin (Hungarian), C-vítamín [neuter] (Icelandic), vitamin C (Indonesian), ビタミンC (bitaminshī) (Japanese), 비타민 C (bitamin C) (Korean), witamina C [feminine] (Polish), vitamina C [feminine] (Portuguese), витами́н C (vitamín C) [masculine] (Russian), vitamina C [feminine] (Spanish), vitamini C (Swahili), bitamina C (Tagalog), C vitamini (Turkish)
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