Medical Dictionary
orotic acid
noun orot·ic acid \ȯr-ˌät-ik-\
Medical Definition of OROTIC ACID
: a crystalline acid C4H4N2O4 that occurs in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and a precursor of the pyrimidine bases of nucleotides
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