Crossword clues for ascorbic
ascorbic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1933 (in ascorbic acid), from a- (2) + scorb(ut)ic "of scurvy" (from Medieval Latin scorbuticus "scurvy"); originally in reference to Vitamin C, which is an anti-scorbutic. The Latin word is perhaps of German or Dutch origin.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives
WordNet
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "ascorbic".
Lieutenant Imbro should have exceeded the requirement for ascorbic acid to a significant degree.
Still, ascorbic acid was one of the basics, one of the things that the away teams scanned for automatically, and as automatically rejected flora that did not provide it.
All three of you are getting plenty of ascorbic acid, but nonetheless you show signs of deficiency.
The band that sampled ascorbic acid glowed bright green, at the upper end of the desired range.
The beans, massive, mottled spheres a little larger than his fist, were stored in open boxes, protected by their hard rinds, but they, too, showed both an abundance of ascorbic acid and a complete absence of anything that might block its uptake.
We think that the ascorbic acid in the food from that last planet may be affected by the cooking process, so we need to test the food you served tonight.
It glowed pale red, and beneath it letters and numbers spelled out the details that confirmed its news: there was little or no ascorbic acid in the curry.
I need to give ascorbic acid in massive doses before it has any effect on the subjects-patients, I should say.
At the current rate of use, I will run out of ascorbic acid in ten days.
The results flashed back almost instantly: high in ascorbic acid and in several B-complex vitamins, as well as containing several highly rated flavor esters.
Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.
I whispered to Ann, as we sat stuffing ourselves with ascorbic acid and the guards drank their second whiskey.
If there was the barest chance the ascorbic acid made viruses feel half as irritated as they were making him feel, mega-vitamin therapy was justified.
It has been found, for example, that when given in massive doses some of the vitamins -- nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid for example -- sometimes produce a certain heightening of psychic energy.
Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.