ORAC
/ (ˈɔːræk) /
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n acronym for
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity: a measure of the ability of a substance, esp the blood, to absorb free radicals, used in determining the antioxidant effects of foods
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How to use ORAC in a sentence
As Orac notes, it is a very least a failure of due diligence.