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PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pteroylglutamic acid mean?
• PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID (noun)
The noun PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
Familiarity information: PTEROYLGLUTAMIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
folacin; folate; folic acid; pteroylglutamic acid; pteroylmonoglutamic acid; vitamin Bc; vitamin M
Hypernyms ("pteroylglutamic acid" is a kind of...):
B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)
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