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nicotinamide
[ nik-uh-tin-uh-mahyd, -mid, -tee-nuh- ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide 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 human pellagra or animal black tongue.
nicotinamide
/ ˌnɪkəˈtɪnəˌmaɪd; -ˈtiːn- /
noun
- the amide of nicotinic acid: a component of the vitamin B complex and essential in the diet for the prevention of pellagra. Formula: C 6 H 6 ON 2
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