NICOTINAMIDE
- a member of the vitamin B complex, deficiency of which can lead to the development of the disease pellagra [n -S]
- colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C6H6N2O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preve