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NICOTINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nicotine" is a kind of...):
pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)
alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)
phytotoxin; plant toxin (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)
Holonyms ("nicotine" is a substance of...):
baccy; tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion)
Context examples:
A patch that sticks on the skin and contains a small dose of nicotine, which enters the blood by being absorbed through the skin.
(Nicotine patch, NCI Dictionary)
A prescription is needed for nicotine nasal spray.
(Nicotine nasal spray, NCI Dictionary)
The nicotine is absorbed through the lining of the mouth and goes into the blood.
(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Dictionary)
Binding to CNS nicotinic acetylcholine receptors causes the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine which appears to be responsible for the addiction of nicotine.
(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of nicotine receptor partial agonist.
(Chantix, NCI Dictionary)
Using it can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancers of the lip, mouth, tongue, throat, and esophagus.
(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)
It is also added to cigarettes to increase the effect of nicotine on the body.
(Ammonia, NCI Dictionary)
Nicotine, caffeine, codeine, and vincristine are alkaloids.
(Alkaloid, NCI Dictionary)
The mutant rats consumed much greater quantities of nicotine at each dose.
(Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models, National Institutes of Health)
Research Studies that assess the behavioral and/or pharmacological treatment of individuals for nicotine dependence/addiction.
(Nicotine Dependence/Addiction on Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
