THIAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thiamine mean? 

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

1. a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aneurin; antiberiberi factor; thiamin; thiamine; vitamin B1

Hypernyms ("thiamine" 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 

A psychotic syndrome caused by damage to the brain by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).

(Korsakoff Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) and characterized by polyneuritis, cardiac pathology, and edema.

(Beri Beri, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The B vitamins are: • B1 (thiamine) • B2 (riboflavin) • B3 (niacin) • B5 (pantothenic acid) • B6 • B7 (biotin) • B12 • Folic acid

(B Vitamins, NIH)

B vitamins include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin (nicotinic acid), niacinamide (nicotinamide), the vitamin B6 group (including pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, and possibly para-aminobenzoic.

(B Vitamin, NCI Thesaurus)