释义 |
fo·lic acid \ˈfōlik-, ˈfäl-\ noun Etymology: Latin folium leaf + English -ic; from its presence in green leaves 1. : a yellow or yellowish orange crystalline vitamin C19H19N7O6 of the vitamin B complex obtained especially from leaves and from liver and also made synthetically and used chiefly in the treatment of nutritional megaloblastic anemia and sprue — called also folacin, PGA, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc 2. : pteroylglutamic acid 2 |