folate

[foh-leyt]

noun Biochemistry.

folic acid.

a salt or ester of folic acid.

500 mg Niacin Supplements www.slo-niacin.com Slo-Niacin helps maintain healthy good cholesterol (HDL) levels

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source

Link To folate

Collins

World English Dictionary

folic acid (ˈfəʊlɪk, ˈfɒl-, ˈfəʊleɪt)

—n
	Also called: folacin any of a group of vitamins of the B complex, including pteroylglutamic acid and its derivatives: used in the treatment of megaloblastic anaemia

[C20: from Latin folium leaf; so called because it may be obtained from green leaves]

'folate

—n, —*adj*

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

folate fo·late (fō'lāt')
n.

A salt or ester of folic acid.
See folic acid.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source

Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com

Searching for folate?
How many words do you actually know?

FIND OUT

Related Words

folic acid

Quote Of The Day

"Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done."

-James Fenton