biotin

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Borrowed from German Biotin, from Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, life) + the suffix -in.

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biotin (countable and uncountable, plural biotins)

  1. (biochemistry) 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.

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