- fo|lin|ic acid
- fo|lin|ic acid «foh LIHN ihk»,= citrovorum factor. (Cf. ↑citrovorum factor)╂[< fol(ic acid) + -in + -ic]
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lev|u|lin|ic acid — «LEHV yuh LIHN ihk», an acid obtained chiefly by treating sugar with hydrochloric acid, used in the manufacture of plastics, nylon, etc. Formula: C5H8O3 … Useful english dictionary
lin|o|le|nic acid — «LIHN uh LEE nihk, LEHN ihk», an unsaturated fatty acid essential to the human diet, found as a glyceride in linseed and other oils and used as a drying agent in paint. »Linolenic acid inhibits thrombosis (Observer). Formula: C18H30O2 … Useful english dictionary
lin|o|le|ic acid — «LIHN uh LEE ihk, luh NOH lee », an unsaturated acid essential to the human diet, found as a glyceride in linseed and other oils, and used as a drying agent in paint. Formula: C18H32O2 … Useful english dictionary
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-lin — Arecoline A*re co*line, n. Also lin lin . [From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.] An oily liquid substance, {C8H13O2N}, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action. Syn: arecholine;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
folinic acid — 1. The active form of folic acid that acts as a formyl group carrier in transformylation reactions; the calcium salt, leucovorin calcium, has therapeutic use. 2. The term is occasionally applied to other folates. SYN: citrovorum factor … Medical dictionary
levulinic acid — 4 Oxopentanoic acid; formed by the action of hot, strong acids on hexoses. SEE ALSO: δ aminolevulinic acid. SYN: levulic acid. * * * lev·u·lin·ic acid .lev yə .lin ik or Brit lae·vu·lin·ic acid .lēv n a crystalline keto acid C5H8O3 obtained by… … Medical dictionary
quinolinic acid — A catabolite of l tryptophan and a precursor of NAD+. * * * quin·o·lin·ic acid .kwin ə .lin ik n an acid C7H5NO4 that is a metabolite of tryptophan and is neurotoxic in high concentrations * * * quin·o·lin·ic ac·id (kwin″o linґik) a cyclic … Medical dictionary
picolinic acid — Pyridine 4 carboxylic acid; an isomer of nicotinic acid. * * * pic·o·lin·ic acid .pik ə .lin ik n a crystalline acid C6H5NO2 isomeric with niacin … Medical dictionary
linoleic acid — lin′o•le′ic ac′id [[t]ˈlɪn lˈi ɪk, ˌlɪn , lɪˈnoʊ li ɪk[/t]] also li•no′lic ac′id [[t]lɪˈnoʊ lɪk[/t]] n. chem. an unsaturated fatty acid, C18H32O2, occurring as a glyceride in drying oils, as in linseed oil • Etymology: 1855–60; < Gk lín(on)… … From formal English to slang
