ascorbic acid
21ascorbic acid — [ə skɔ:bɪk] noun vitamin C, a compound found in citrus fruits and green vegetables which is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue and of which a deficiency causes scurvy. Origin 1930s: from a 1 + med. L. scorbutus scurvy + ic …
22ascorbic acid — see vitamin C …
23ascorbic acid — UK [əˌskɔː(r)bɪk ˈæsɪd] / US [əˌskɔrbɪk ˈæsɪd] noun [uncountable] chemistry vitamin C …
24ascorbic acid — a•scor′bic ac′id [[t]əˈskɔr bɪk[/t]] n. biochem. a white, crystalline, water soluble vitamin, C6H8O6, occurring naturally in citrus fruits, green vegetables, etc., and also produced synthetically, essential for normal metabolism: used in the… …
25ascorbic acid — /əskɔbɪk ˈæsəd / (say uhskawbik asuhd) noun a water soluble vitamin, vitamin C, which has a major role in the formation of collagen, bones, blood vessels and connective tissues; occurring naturally in citrus fruits, tomatoes, capsicum, and green… …
26ascorbic acid — n. a vitamin found in citrus fruits and green vegetables, essential in maintaining healthy connective tissue, a deficiency of which results in scurvy. Also called vitamin C …
27xylo-ascorbic acid — |zī(ˌ)lō+... noun : ascorbic acid 1 …
28ascorbic — /ə skörˈbik/ adjective Antiscorbutic, only in ascorbic acid vitamin C (C6H8O6) ORIGIN: Gr a (privative), and ↑scorbutic • • • ascorˈbate noun A salt of ascorbic acid …
29ascorbic — (adj.) 1933 (in ascorbic acid), from A (Cf. a ) (2) + scorb(ut)ic of scurvy (from M.L. scorbuticus scurvy ); originally in reference to Vitamin C, which is an anti scorbutic. The Latin word is perhaps of German or Dutch origin …
30Acid — This article is about acids in chemistry. For the drug, see Lysergic acid diethylamide. For other uses, see Acid (disambiguation). Acidity redirects here. For the novelette, see Acidity (Novelette). Acids and Bases …
