pellagra-preventive factor

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə lag′rə pri ven′tiv, -lā′grə-, -lä′-)


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pel•la′gra-pre•ven′tive fac′tor  (pə lag′rə pri ven′tiv, -lā′grə-, -lä′-),USA pronunciation [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrynicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra. Also called P.P. factor. 

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P.P. factor

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