niacin

Etymology
in 1942 derived from, chosen to dissociate it from , to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

Noun

 * 1)  A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

Synonyms

 * when used as a colour retention agent
 * vitamin B3
 * vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor
 * vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor

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 * Japanese: ナイアシン
 * Korean: 니코틴산
 * Swahili: niasini
 * Turkish: niyasin