CALCIFEROL


Meaning of CALCIFEROL in English

[cal.cif.er.ol] n [calciferous + ergosterol] (1931): an alcohol usu. prepared by irradiation of ergosterol and used as a dietary supplement in nutrition and medicinally in the control of rickets and related disorders--called also vitamin D2

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