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biotin

/ˈbaɪətɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
bi-otin
IPA
/ˈbaɪətɪn/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biotin, from Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”) + the suffix -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Biotin, βίοτος

Usage

Inflected Forms

biotins (plural)

Derived Forms

antibiotin biotinide biotinylate desthiobiotin iminobiotin neurobiotin photobiotin

Phrases

90Y-DOTA-biotin

Synonyms

vitamin B7 vitamin H

Questions

How do you pronounce biotin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪətɪn/.
What does biotin mean?
A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
Where does biotin come from?
It is traced to German.

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