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folate deficiency
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folate deficiency,
a deficiency of folic acid. See also folic acid.
folate deficiency
Folic acid deficiency Hematology A condition caused by a decrease in dietary folic acid, resulting in megaloblastic anermia, GI tract complaints–eg, glossitis, stomatitis, malabsorption, infertility, neural tube defects, and possibly also psychiatric complaints and peripheral neuropathy. See Megaloblastic anemia.
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