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nicotine
  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
  2. (figuratively) tobacco, cigarettes
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The ratio of tar to nicotine produced in the tobacco smoke of low-tar cigarettes is, in fact, closely similar to that of conventional cigarettes.”
      “The filters attach to cigarettes and gradually reduce the amount of nicotine consumed.”
      “The cigarette has a filter that makes them harder to inhale, aimed at reducing tar and nicotine consumption.”
nicotinism
  1. nicotine poisoning (especially as a result of tobacco use)
  2. Addiction to nicotine.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Other companies emphasise the quality of food for senior citizens, and efforts to prevent nicotinism and alcohol abuse.”
      “Regarding the latter entry, it should be specified that Denmark is the first country in Europe to have registered lung cancer caused by passive nicotinism on its list of occupational diseases.”
      “Chronic nicotinism is usually experienced by those who smoke cigars, and by cigarmakers who are continually handling tobacco.”
nicotidine
  1. (chemistry) A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.
nicotinist
  1. (obsolete, rare) One who is addicted to nicotine, the alkaloid found in tobacco.
nicotinoid
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a large group of compounds related to nicotine
  2. Examples:
    1. “Most of them belong to the carbamate, nicotinoid and organophosphorus families.”
nicotin
  1. Dated form of nicotine.
nicotinoids
  1. plural of nicotinoid
nicotinists
  1. plural of nicotinist
nicotines
nicotins
  1. plural of nicotin
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