folic acid

== English == === Etymology === From Latin folium (“leaf”), from its occurrence in leafy vegetables. === Noun === folic acid (uncountable) (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction Synonyms: vitamin B9, vitamin Bc, vitamin M, pteroylglutamic acid ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with folinic acid, a chemotherapeutic medication. ==== Coordinate terms ==== folate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution) ==== Translations ====