pyridoxine Hear it!

pyridoxine definition

pyri·dox·ine (pir′ə däksēn′, -sin)

noun

a complex pyridine, CHNO, one of the vitamins of the B group, found in various foods and prepared synthetically, usually as the hydrochloride: known to prevent nutritional dermatitis in rats

Etymology: pyrid(ine) + ox(y)- + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.