See Also: folic(dictionary)
folic acid(dictionary)
folic acid(encyclopedia)
Folic acid(health)
folic acid(medicine)
folic acid deficiency(medicine)
folic acid oxidase(medicine)
Folate (folic acid)(health)
folic acid deaminase(medicine)
folic acid conjugate(medicine)

folic (iou)



folic adjective. M20.
[from Latin folium leaf + -IC.]
folic acid, a vitamin of the B complex found in leafy green vegetables, liver, and kidney, whose deficiency causes pernicious anaemia and which is chemically a pteroylglutamic acid with one glutamic acid residue. Also called folacin, (chiefly US) vitamin M.