Nicotin-
nicotin- pref.
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- Nicotinamide
[nik-uh-tin-uh-mahyd, -mid, -tee-nuh-] /ˌnɪk əˈtɪn əˌmaɪd, -mɪd, -ˈti nə-/ noun, Biochemistry. 1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating […]
- Nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide
noun, Biochemistry. 1. See NAD. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide n. NAD.
- Nicotine
[nik-uh-teen, -tin, nik-uh-teen] /ˈnɪk əˌtin, -tɪn, ˌnɪk əˈtin/ noun, Chemistry. 1. a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 1 0 H 1 4 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide. /ˈnɪkəˌtiːn/ noun 1. a colourless oily acrid toxic liquid that turns yellowish-brown in air and light: the principal alkaloid […]
- Nicotine patch
noun an adhesive piece of material impregnanted with nicotine, worn on the skin as an aid to giving up smoking
- Nicotinic
[nik-uh-tin-ik, -tee-nik] /ˌnɪk əˈtɪn ɪk, -ˈti nɪk/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or containing . 2. related to or imitating the action of on neurons, especially in blocking the cholinergic receptors of the autonomic ganglia. adj. 1873, from nicotine + -ic. nicotinic nic·o·tin·ic (nĭk’ə-tĭn’ĭk, -tē’nĭk) adj.