VITAMIN C

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin C mean? 

• VITAMIN C (noun)
  The noun VITAMIN C has 1 sense:

1. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

  Familiarity information: VITAMIN C used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN C (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ascorbic acid; C; vitamin C

Hypernyms ("vitamin C" is a kind of...):

antioxidant (substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides)

water-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in water)

 Context examples 

Found in citrus and other fruits, and in vegetables, vitamin C cannot be produced or stored by humans and must be obtained in the diet.

(Ascorbic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

The study used pregnant sheep to show that maternal treatment with the antioxidant vitamin C during a complicated pregnancy could protect the adult offspring from developing hypertension and heart disease.

(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)

Ask your doctor if taking vitamin C would help.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The functional and primary form of vitamin C; it is the enolic form of an alpha-ketolactone.

(Ascorbic acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A new study has found that anti-tuberculosis drugs killed more bacteria in laboratory mice given a vitamin C supplement than those given drugs alone.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

"Our review found that if you want to use multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium or vitamin C, it does no harm — but there is no apparent advantage either."

(Most Popular Supplements Provide No Health Benefit, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Hartley Guinea Pig has a white coat color (acromelanic albino) and red eyes and requires a nutritional source of vitamin C to sustain normal function.

(Hartley Guinea Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, yellow citrus fruit that is a source of citric acid and ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

(Lemon, NCI Dictionary)

The Dunkin Hartley guinea pig has a white coat color (acromelanic albino) and red eyes and requires a nutritional source of vitamin C to sustain normal function.

(Dunkin Hartley Guinea Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides vitamin C, E and other phytochemicals, carrot/Jilin ginseng/licorice root/tangerine peel/soy beverage contains a high amount of soy protein.

(Carrot/Jilin Ginseng/Licorice Root/Tangerine Peel/Soy Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)