NAD

noun

ˌen-(ˌ)ā-ˈdē 

: a coenzyme C₂₁H₂₇N₇O₁₄P₂ of numerous dehydrogenases that occurs in most cells and plays an important role in all phases of intermediary metabolism as an oxidizing agent or when in the reduced form as a reducing agent for various metabolites

called also nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, diphosphopyridine nucleotide, DPN

Word History

Etymology

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

NAD

1 of 2 noun

ˌen-ˌā-ˈdē 

: a coenzyme C₂₁H₂₇N₇O₁₄P₂ of numerous dehydrogenases that occurs in most cells and plays an important role in all phases of intermediary metabolism as an oxidizing agent or when in the reduced form as a reducing agent for various metabolites

called also diphosphopyridine nucleotide, DPN, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NAD

2 of 2 abbreviation

no appreciable disease