Cotinine Definition

kōtn-ēn
noun
The major metabolite of nicotine that indicates levels of nicotine intake.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Cotinine

Noun

Singular:
cotinine
Plural:
cotinines

Origin of Cotinine

  • Probably (ni)cotin(e) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anagram of nicotine.

    From Wiktionary

Cotinine Sentence Examples

  • With bromine in acetic acid solution at ordinary temperature, nicotine yields a perbromide, C10H10Br2N20 HBr 3, which with sulphur dioxide, followed by potash, gives dibromcotinine, C10H10Br2N20, from which cotinine, C10H12N20, is obtained by distillation over zinc dust.

  • The most widely used is the concentration of the nicotine metabolite, cotinine, in saliva.

  • The proportion of children interviewed from whom a valid saliva cotinine measurement was obtained was 83 %.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOT

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

cotinine

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With E