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1. (n.) nicotine
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic liquid alkaloid, C
Etymology: (1810–20; < F; see nicotiana , -ine2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nicotine
an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nicotine
an alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. nicotine
a poisonous alkaloid extracted from the leaves of the tobacco plant, is a colourless, oily liquid, readily soluble in water, and has a pungent odour.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. nicotine
Nicotine is highly toxic alkaloid. It is the prototypical agonist at nicotinic cholinergic receptors where it dramatically stimulates neurons and ultimately blocks synaptic transmission. Nicotine is also important medically because of its presence in tobacco smoke.
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Sense: a harmful substance contained in tobacco.
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 Afrikaans: nikotien, pypolie |
 Arabic: مادَّة النيكوتين |
 Bulgarian: никотин |
 Brazilian: nicotina |
 Czech: nikotin |
 German: das Nikotin |
 Danish: nikotin |
 Greek: νικοτίνη |
 Spanish: nicotina |
 Estonian: nikotiin |
 Farsi: نيکوتين |
 Finnish: nikotiini |
 French: nicotine |
 Hebrew: נִיקוֹטִין |
 Hindi: निकोटीन |
 Croatian: nikotin |
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 Indonesian: nikotin |
 Icelandic: nikótín |
 Italian: nicotina |
 Japanese: ニコチン |
 Korean: 니코틴 |
 Lithuanian: nikotinas |
 Latvian: nikotīns |
 Malay: nikotina |
 Dutch: nicotine |
 Norwegian: nikotin |
 Polish: nikotyna |
 Persian: نيکوتين |
 Pashto: نيكوتين |
 Portuguese: nicotina |
 Romanian: nicotină |
 Russian: никотин |
 Slovak: nikotín |
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 Swedish: nikotin |
 Thai: สารนิโคตินในยาสูบหรือบุหร |
 Turkish: nikotin |
 Taiwanese: 尼古丁 |
 Ukrainian: нікотин |
 Urdu: تمباکو کا ايک نقصان دہ عن |
 Vietnamese: ni-cô-tin |
 Chinese: 尼古丁 |
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