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folate

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fo·late  (flt)
n.
1. A salt or ester of folic acid.
2. See folic acid.
[fol(ic acid) + -ate.]
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Noun1.folate - a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
folacin, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M
B complex, B vitamin, B-complex vitamin, vitamin B, vitamin B complex, B - originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins


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Foods rich in the B vitamin folate may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer.
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Other areas of concern include fewer women of childbearing age taking folate supplements in 2001 than in 1995 and a lack of reported improvement in breastfeeding rates for the same period.
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The Division of Laboratory Sciences of the CDC performed serum folate and [B.
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