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nicotine

nicotine

347 4.9
A poisonous substance in tobacco that causes strong addiction
  • noun
  • /ˈnɪkəˌtin/
translation icon : nicotina
  • I'd describe the withdrawal from nicotine as a mild, empty, slightly insecure feeling.
  • nicotine addiction
  • nicotine dependence
  • nicotine replacement therapy

What if we got nicotine in our brain cavity?

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Examples

  • NRT typically provides less than half the nicotine received from cigarettes, even when two products are used in combination.

    Academic text (2011)
  • NRT products replace some of the nicotine from smoking with a 'clean' pharmaceutical source of nicotine.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We know the higher the nicotine, the more difficult it is for people to give up smoking.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Recently, other tobacco control experts have urged further investigation of the potential for nicotine reduction.

    Academic text (2011)
  • My service guarantees that for just three sessions your nicotine cravings will disappear.

  • At the same time in the United Kingdom, Michael Russell was studying nicotine manipulation and smoking behavior.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Yet the surgeon general came out and published a report saying yes duh, nicotine is addictive.

  • His thick fingers were stained with nicotine, and his teeth were tarnished with it.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • So dopamine is the exact same chemical that's released in alcohol, nicotine and gambling, right?

  • Nicotine is a highly addictive substance found in nicotine products.

Compounds

A strong need to keep using nicotine even if you want to stop

nicotine poisoning
  • Specialized
1 5.7

An illness after taking too much nicotine that causes vomiting and dizziness

The amount of nicotine a person takes into their body by smoking or vaping

How Addictive

heroin
  • NSFW
367 6.6
cocaine
  • NSFW
386 6.1
nicotine
347 4.9
alcohol
813 1.0
caffeine
138 2.0

Surface Forms

nicotine singular
nicotines plural

Morphology

nicotine = Nicot (opaque) = nicot + ine

Formed from the eponymic stem 'Nicot' plus the chemical suffix '-ine'; the stem is not a productive English morpheme, so learners cannot infer 'tobacco alkaloid'.

Etymology

Nicotine comes from the name of a French diplomat, Nicot, who helped bring the tobacco plant to France, and the plant was named Nicotiana after him. So nicotine is the chemical taken from that plant, which is why the name refers to the 'addictive' and 'poisonous' substance in tobacco.