Syn: thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
thiamine — also thiamin noun Etymology: thiamine alteration of thiamin, from thi + amin (as in vitamin) Date: 1937 a vitamin C12H17N4OSCl of the vitamin B complex that is essential to normal metabolism and nerve function and is widespread in plants and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Thiamine — is vitamin B1. Thiamine acts as a coenzyme in the metabolism of the body. Deficiency of thiamine leads to beriberi, a disease affecting the heart and nervous system. The word vitamin was coined in 1911 by the Warsaw born biochemist Casimir Funk… … Medical dictionary
