Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coenzyme, C21H27N7O14P2, occurring in most living cells and utilized alternately with NADH as an oxidizing or reducing agent in various metabolic processes.
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- noun Namibian
dollar - initialism biochemistry
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide - initialism nothing abnormal discovered - used frequently in medical test results
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Most advertisers are becoming aware that NAD is the place to go — a cadre of people who know this stuff — advertisers know that making claims is expensive and important, and having courts dismiss them as meaningless puffery is not consistent with business reality.
Archive 2009-06-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Peeler: The NAD is developing a methodology — could help develop useful standards.
Archive 2009-06-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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NAD is more focused on flaws, and he can’t think of a successful defense survey at the NAD that worked to rebut an allegation of implied falsity.
Archive 2009-06-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The ruling is the first major one by the NAD, which is following in the footsteps of the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority in cracking down on beauty ads that are misleading consumers.
Taylor Swift CoverGirl Ad Banned for Excessive Photoshopping 2011
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They homogenized material from the brain stem area of rats and combined it in a test tube with radioactive dopamine, vitamin C, and a chemical derived from nucleic acid called NAD.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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They homogenized material from the brain stem area of rats and combined it in a test tube with radioactive dopamine, vitamin C, and a chemical derived from nucleic acid called NAD.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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This chemical is a by-product of metabolism, and cells that are processing an excessive amount of energy for storage have a superabundance of it compared with the amount of a related molecule called NAD+.
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Like niacin, NR is a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NAD, which is elevated by a calorie restricted diet.
unknown title 2011
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The industry body, known as NAD, looked into the matter after beer-making rival
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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The industry body, known as NAD, looked into the matter after beer-making rival Anheuser-Busch Inc. complained.
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