Relating to or describing cevitamic acid, an older chemical name for ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
From 'cevitamic acid' (cetylated + vitamic), a historical term combining chemical descriptors. The term is now obsolete, replaced by 'ascorbic acid' in scientific use.
Scientists originally named it 'cevitamic acid' thinking it was a unique chemical, not realizing it was the same as ascorbic acid from oranges—a reminder that discovery isn't always straightforward!
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