pan·to·then·ic acid (păn'tə-thĕn'ĭk)
n.
A yellow oily acid, C₉H₁₇NO₅, belonging to and found widely in plant and animal tissues.

[From Greek pantothen, from all sides : panto-, all (from pās, pant-; see pan-) + -then, adv. suff..]

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