vitamin C

Noun

 * 1) The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.

Synonyms

 * when used as an antioxidant

Translations

 * Arabic: فيتامين سي, فيتامين ج
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: C-vitamin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: C ვიტამინი, ვიტამინი C
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: C-vítamín
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ビタミンC
 * Korean: 비타민 C
 * Polish: witamina C
 * Portuguese: vitamina C
 * Russian: витами́н C
 * Spanish: vitamina C
 * Swahili: vitamini C
 * Tagalog: bitamina C
 * Turkish: C vitamini