BIOTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biotin mean? 

• BIOTIN (noun)
  The noun BIOTIN has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that aids in body growth

  Familiarity information: BIOTIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that aids in body growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

biotin; vitamin H

Hypernyms ("biotin" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by deficiency of the enzyme holocarboxylase synthetase which facilitates the effective use of the vitamin biotin in the body.

(Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by gut microflora.

(Gut microflora, NCI Dictionary)

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by gut flora.

(Gut flora, NCI Dictionary)

An immunoconjugate containing a monoclonal antibody directed against the CD45 antigen BC8, conjugated to streptavidin, a nonglycosylated homotetrameric protein that has four high affinity binding sites for biotin.

(Anti-CD45 BC8 Monoclonal Antibody-Streptavidin Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

In 111-DOTA-Biotin could be used in 3-step pre-targeting radioimmunotherapy that employs tumor targeting antibody conjugated with streptavidin, the natural ligand of biotin.

(Indium In 111-DOTA-Biotin, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by microflora.

(Microflora, NCI Dictionary)

This MOAB was conjugated with biotin (B) molecules, which increase pharmacokinetic performance of the monoclonal antibody.

(Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody TNT-1/B, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by intestinal microflora.

(Intestinal microflora, NCI Dictionary)

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by intestinal flora.

(Intestinal flora, NCI Dictionary)

After CC49-streptavidin binds to cancer cells, a radioactive compound called yttrium Y 90 DOTA-biotin will find those cells and kill them.

(CC49-streptavidin, NCI Dictionary)