Flavin

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Irish) of southern (etyl, ga) descent, from the Gaelic (term, Ó Flaithimhín) .
  2. Noun.  (biochemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD).

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