nicotinic acid

1. 1.

   a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract

   Synonymsniacin

   BroaderB-complex vitamin

Questions about nicotinic acid

What does nicotinic acid mean?

nicotinic acid means "a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract".

What is another word for nicotinic acid?

Close synonyms include niacin. 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 nicotinic acid a common word?

nicotinic acid 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.