Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun folacin

1 sense of folacin

Sense 1
vitamin Bc, vitamin M, folate, folic acid, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid -- (a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction)
       => B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B -- (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)