Nicotine Definition

nĭkə-tēn
noun
A toxic, addictive, water-soluble alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco leaves.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Nicotine

Noun

Singular:
nicotine
Plural:
nicotines

Origin of Nicotine

  • Borrowing from French nicotine, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from New Latin nicotiāna nicotiana

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

Nicotine Sentence Examples

  • Try not to smoke as nicotine will pass into your baby's bloodstream.

  • That's because nicotine is a drug and people who smoke get addicted to it.

  • It is also proposing to switch nicotine lozenges up to a maximum strength to GSL, as well as nicotine gum 4mg.

  • Nicotine is also subject to a significant first-pass metabolism.

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

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Words Starting With

NNINIC

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

nicotine

Words Starting With N and Ending With E

Starts With N & Ends With EStarts With NI & Ends With EStarts With N & Ends With NE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With N8 Letter Words Ending With E