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Meaning of Niacin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈnaɪəsɪn

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Niacin
Suomi niasiini
Français niacine
Italiano niacina
日本語 ナイアシン
한국어 니코틴산
Kiswahili niasini

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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