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vitamin D3

noun

  1. a D vitamin, C 27 H 43 OH, occurring in fish-liver oils, that differs from vitamin D 2 by slight structural differences in the molecule.


vitamin D3

noun

  1. another name for cholecalciferol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


vitamin D3

  1. A colorless, crystalline steroid hormone that the body synthesizes in the skin when its precursor, a derivative of cholesterol, is irradiated by sunlight. Vitamin D 3 is also found in fish-liver oils, irradiated milk, and all irradiated animal foodstuffs. Also called calciferol, cholecalciferol. Chemical formula: C 27 H 44 O.


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Vitamin D3—Most of you reading this are probably vitamin D deficient if you wear clothes and work indoors.

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