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Definition of Biotin

1. Noun. A B vitamin that aids in body growth.

Definition of Biotin

1. Noun. (vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems. ¹

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Definition of Biotin

1. a B vitamin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Biotin

1. A prosthetic group for carboxylase enzymes. Important in fatty acid biosynthesis and catabolism and has found widespread use as a covalent label for macromolecules which may then be detected by high affinity binding of labelled avidin or streptavidin. Essential growth factor for many cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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