thiamin

Variant of thiamine

noun

a white, crystalline B vitamin, CHClNOS, found in the outer coating of cereal grains, green peas, beans, egg yolk, liver, etc., and also prepared synthetically; vitamin B: a deficiency of this vitamin results in beriberi and certain nervous disorders
also thiamin

Origin: < thi- + (vit)amin

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