Dictionary

biotin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaɪətɪn/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

iminobiotin · antibiotin · biotinylate · desthiobiotin · 90Y-DOTA-biotin · biotinide · neurobiotin · photobiotin

Synonyms

vitamin B7 · vitamin H

Translations (15)

pl biotyna (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · ja ビオチン (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · sv biotin (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · es biotina (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · fr biotine (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · cmn 生物素 (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · ko 비오틴 (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · tr biyotin (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · sw biotini (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · ca biotina (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · fi biotiini (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · it biotina (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · de Biotin (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · sv vitamin B7 (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) · ro biotină (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex)