VITAMIN D


Meaning of VITAMIN D in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1921

: any or all of several fat-soluble vitamins chemically related to steroids, essential for normal bone and tooth structure, and found especially in fish-liver oils, egg yolk, and milk or produced by activation (as by ultraviolet irradiation) of sterols: as

a. or vitamin D 2 -ˈdē-ˈtü : calciferol

b. or vitamin D 3 -ˈdē-ˈthrē : cholecalciferol

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