Crossword clues for thiamin
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also thiamine, alternative name for vitamin B1, 1937, coined by U.S. chemist Dr. Robert R. Williams (1886-1965) from thio-, indicating the presence of sulfur, comb. form of Greek theion "sulfur," + amine, indicating the amino group. Or the second element might be from vitamin.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of thiamine English)
WordNet
n. a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth [syn: vitamin B1, thiamine, aneurin, antiberiberi factor]
Usage examples of "thiamin".
Gallegher rose, sobered himself with thiamin, and carted dozens of imported beer cans out of the refrigerator.
I shall call you, respectively, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine and Cobalamin.
Physical disabilities had kept him out of the army, and he was brooding over that, wondering if he should gulp some more Sherman units of thiamin, and hating his students.