vitamin C
Noun
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Noun
vitamin C (uncountable)
- 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 citrous fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.
- E300 when used as an antioxidant
- French: vitamine C
- Portuguese: vitamina C
- Russian: витами́н C
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