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Vitamin C, or “ascorbic acid” is short for “antiscorbutic acid” where “scorbutic” is “relating to or affected with scurvy”. How...

rustingbridges:

necarion:

Vitamin C, or “ascorbic acid” is short for “antiscorbutic acid” where “scorbutic” is “relating to or affected with scurvy”.

How did I not know this?

yeah this makes sense but it is a weird abbreviation. I did not know this either