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Calciferol

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O) uncountable

    "Owing to the exceptional difficulty of purification in the sterol group, we cannot yet be certain that this substance is a single compound, but we think the provisional adoption of a new name is justified, for the sake of convenience, and suggest “Calciferol” in view of the high antirachitic activity of the substance."

  2. 2
    a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets wordnet

Etymology

Coined in 1931 as a blend of calciferous + sterol (see quote below).

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