FOLACIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does folacin mean? 

• FOLACIN (noun)
  The noun FOLACIN has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

  Familiarity information: FOLACIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLACIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

folacin; folate; folic acid; pteroylglutamic acid; pteroylmonoglutamic acid; vitamin Bc; vitamin M

Hypernyms ("folacin" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)