nad
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
Word Origin
- nad (n.)
- also nads, 1980s, student slang shortening of gonad.
Example
- 1. Mohammed nader , the police chief of the province 's nad ali district , was critically wounded .
- 2. Phosphorus , in the form of the compound phosphate , forms the backbone of strands of dna and rna , as well as atp and nad , two molecules key to energy transfer in a cell .
- 3. Nad ali illustrates much of what has gone wrong .
- 4. Until 2008 nad ali had been held by pro-government militias financed , in large part , by the drugs trade .
- 5. By late 2008 nad ali became known as a place of tough , pure taliban justice , in contrast with the corrupt ways of toor jan 's henchmen .