nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

1. 1.

   a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes

   SynonymsNAD

   Broadercoenzyme

Questions about nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

What does nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide mean?

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide means "a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes".

What is another word for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide?

Close synonyms include NAD. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide a common word?

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.