intrinsic factor

1. 1.

   a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12

   “lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia”

   Broaderfactor

Questions about intrinsic factor

What does intrinsic factor mean?

intrinsic factor means "a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12".

Is intrinsic factor a common word?

intrinsic factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.