Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

niacin

/ˈnaɪəsɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: niacin
IPA: /ˈnaɪəsɪn/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mixing the alkali into the recipe in the right way chemically releases the otherwise unavailable niacin in the corn, which stops pellagra in its tracks, and allowed corn-based agricultural populations to grow and spread."

Etymology

in 1942 derived from nicotinic + acid + vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

niacinamide niacinate

Synonyms

E375 when used as a colour retention agent nicotinic acid vitamin B3 vitamin PP vitamin P-P PP-factor pellagra-preventive factor

Rhymes With

myosin liason eliason liasson

Questions

How do you pronounce niacin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪəsɪn/.
What does niacin mean?: A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Where does niacin come from?: in 1942 derived from nicotinic + acid + vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

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