/err gos"teuh rohl', -rawl/ , n. Biochem.
a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble sterol, C 28 H 43 OH, that occurs in ergot and yeast and that, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, is converted to vitamin D.
[ 1885-90; ERGO- 2 + STEROL ]
/err gos"teuh rohl', -rawl/ , n. Biochem.
a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble sterol, C 28 H 43 OH, that occurs in ergot and yeast and that, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, is converted to vitamin D.
[ 1885-90; ERGO- 2 + STEROL ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012