biotin
English
/ˈbaɪətɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Biotin derived from Ancient Greek βίοτος (life).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βίοτος
Gloss
life
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
🧬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibiotin English
- biotinide English
- desthiobiotin English
- imino English
- iminobiotin English
- neurobiotin English
- photobiotin English
- Biotin German
- βίοτος Ancient Greek
- βιοτεύω Ancient Greek
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- ビオチン Japanese