Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: nicoti-namide adenine d-in-u-cleotide
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

31

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The treatment in mice involved boosting their levels of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) – a natural protein that already controls DNA repair in our body."
"Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

NAD (alternative, initialism)

Phrases

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide

Frequently Paired Words

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide

Synonyms

codehydrogenase I coenzyme I diphosphopyridine nucleotide nadide nad

Questions

What does nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide mean?: An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.

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