deoxyadenosylcobalamin

noun

A coenzyme form of vitamin B12, a deficiency of which leads to methylmalonic acidemia.

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Meanings

noundeoxyadenosylcobalamin (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyadenosylcobalamins)

plural deoxyadenosylcobalamins

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA coenzyme form of vitamin B12, a deficiency of which leads to methylmalonic acidemia.

Origin

From deoxy- + adenosyl + cobalamin.

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