n :  a water-soluble vitamin C₆H₈O₆ found in plants and esp. in fruits and leafy vegetables or made synthetically and used in the prevention and treatment of scurvy and as an antioxidant for foods - called also ascorbic acid  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  vitamin G  vitamin K  vitamin K₁  vitamin K₃ 
 
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