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folic acid
OXFORD DICTIONARY
folic acid, n. a vitamin of the B complex, found in leafy green vegetables, liver, and kidney, a deficiency of which causes pernicious anaemia. Also called FOLACIN or PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID.
Etymology
L folium leaf (because found esp. in green leaves) + -IC
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