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cholecalciferol
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cholecalciferol has 1 sense
- cholecalciferol(n = noun.substance) calciferol, d, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin d - a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets; Array is a kind of fat-soluble vitamin
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cholecalciferol, n. one of the D vitamins, produced by the action of sunlight on a cholesterol derivative widely distributed in the skin, a deficiency of which results in rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Also called vitamin D3.
Etymology
CHOLE- + CALCIFEROL
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