nicotinic

From nicotine +‎ -ic.

• Rhymes: -ɪnɪk

nicotinic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to nicotine or nicotinic acid or its derivatives.
   • 2019 May 14, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Can CBD Really Do All That?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     Nicotine, a stimulant found in tobacco, long used by Native Americans, taught scientists about the existence of our own nicotinic receptors, which influence neuronal excitement.

2. Of or pertaining to niacin.

• nicotinal, nicotinian, nicotinean

• nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Borrowed from French nicotinique.

nicotinic m or n (feminine singular nicotinică, masculine plural nicotinici, feminine and neuter plural nicotinice)

1. nicotinic