n :  any of a class of yellow water-soluble nitrogenous pigments derived from isoalloxazine and occurring in the form of nucleotides as coenzymes of flavoproteins  :  PLATYHELMINTH : esp  :  RIBOFLAVIN .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  fla·vine  fla·vone 
 
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