(ˌsaɪənəʊkəʊˈbæləmɪn) or cyanocobalamine (ˌsaɪənəʊkəʊˈbæləmiːn)
noun
a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
Also: vitamin B12
Word origin
C20: from cyano- + cobal(t) + (vit)amin
Examples of 'cyanocobalamine' in a sentence
cyanocobalamine
In contrast, the higher concentrations of cyanocobalamine or biotin, guanine, uracil and isoleucine were found inhibitory.
Muhammad Javed, Namdar Baghaei-Yazdi 2016, 'Nutritional optimization for anaerobic growth of Bacillus steaothermophilus LLD-16',Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850715001302. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)