"biotin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪətɪn/ Forms: biotins [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Biotin, from Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”) + the suffix -in. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Biotin}} German Biotin, {{der|en|grc|βίοτος||life}} Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} biotin (countable and uncountable, plural biotins)
  1. (biochemistry) 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. Wikipedia link: biotin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Vitamins Synonyms: vitamin B7, vitamin H Derived forms: 90Y-DOTA-biotin, biotinylate Translations (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex): biotina [feminine] (Catalan), 生物素 (shēngwùsù) (Chinese Mandarin), biotiini (Finnish), biotine [feminine] (French), Biotin [neuter] (German), biotina [feminine] (Italian), ビオチン (biochin) (Japanese), 비오틴 (biotin) (Korean), biotyna [feminine] (Polish), biotină [feminine] (Romanian), biotina [feminine] (Spanish), biotini (Swahili), biotin [neuter] (Swedish), vitamin B7 [common-gender] (Swedish), biyotin (Turkish)

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