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cytisine

US/ˈsɪt.əˌsiːn/

cytisine noun: a polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.

cytisine: a polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment...
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Noun

cytisine (countable and uncountable, plural cytisines)

  1. A polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.

cytisine meaning in Tamil

cytisine in Tamil

சிற்றிசீன்

Synonyms of cytisine

Forms of cytisine

pluralcytisines

Origin of cytisine

From French cytise (“laburnum”) + English -ine.

Questions about cytisine

What does cytisine mean?
Cytisine means a polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.
What is cytisine in Tamil?
Cytisine in Tamil is சிற்றிசீன். See Cytisine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cytisine?
Cytisine is a noun.
How do you pronounce cytisine?
Cytisine is pronounced /ˈsɪt.əˌsiːn/ (US).
What is the plural of cytisine?
The plural of cytisine is cytisines.

Words near cytisine in the dictionary

  1. cytioderm
  2. cytioderms
  3. cytiogenesis
  4. cytioplasm
  5. cytisin
  6. cytisine
  7. cytisines
  8. cytisins
  9. cytisus
  10. cytisuses
  11. cyto-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cytisine (page history and authors); cytisine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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