nicotine
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əˌtin, -tɪn, ˌnɪk noun Chemistry.
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.
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nicotine (ˈnɪkəˌtiːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a colourless oily acrid toxic liquid that turns yellowish-brown in air and light: the principal alkaloid in tobacco, used as an agricultural insecticide. Formula: C10H14N2 | |
| [C19: from French, from New Latin herba nicotiana Nicot's plant, named after J. Nicot (1530--1600), French diplomat who introduced tobacco into France] | |
| 'nicotined | |
| —adj | |
| nicotinic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
nicotine
"poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco leaves," 1819, from Fr. nicotine, from Mod.L. Nicotiana, formal botanical name for the tobacco plant, named for Jean Nicot (c.1530-1600), Fr. ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds and powdered leaves back to France 1561. His name is a dim. of Nicolas.
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Medical Dictionary
nicotine nic·o·tine (nĭk'ə-tēn')
n.
A colorless, poisonous alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant and used as an insecticide. It is the substance in tobacco to which smokers can become addicted.
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Science Dictionary
| nicotine (nĭk'ə-tēn') Pronunciation Key
A colorless, poisonous compound occurring naturally in the tobacco plant. It is used in medicine and as an insecticide, and it is the substance in tobacco products to which smokers can become addicted. Nicotine is an alkaloid. Chemical formula: C10H14N2. |
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Cultural Dictionary
nicotine [(nik-uh-teen)]A poisonous chemical substance found in the tobacco plant.
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Example sentences
Those genes code for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, cell-surface proteins that selectively bind to nicotine molecules.
With the exception of heroin, drugs contribute to far fewer deaths among their users than either nicotine or alcohol.
Nicotine blood levels in a smoker, for example, rise almost immediately after inhalation.
All that sugar, caffeine, and nicotine pulsing through his body-plus a second latte and a large fruit smoothie.
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