pteroylglutamic acid

What does pteroylglutamic acid mean?

pteroylglutamic acid means "a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction".

What is another word for pteroylglutamic acid?

Close synonyms include vitamin Bc, vitamin M, folate, folic acid, folacin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pteroylglutamic acid a common word?

pteroylglutamic acid 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pteroylglutamic acid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.