folic acid

Etymology
From, from its occurrence in leafy vegetables.

Noun

 * 1)  A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction

Usage notes
Do not confuse folic acid (a vitamin) with (a chemotherapeutic medication).

Translations

 * Basque: azido foliko
 * Catalan: àcid fòlic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kyselina listová
 * Dutch:, folaat
 * Finnish: foolihappo
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חומצה פולית
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fólínsýra
 * Irish: aigéad fólach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 엽산
 * Macedonian: фолна киселина
 * Portuguese: ácido fólico
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: searbhag dhuilleagach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: фолна киселѝна
 * Roman: folna kiselìna
 * Spanish: ácido fólico
 * Swahili: foliki asidi
 * Welsh: asid ffolig