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Vitamin d
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and that prevents rickets; can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight. uncountable
- 2 a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets wordnet
- 3 A dick (“penis”), especially in a sexual context. humorous, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Etymology
From vitamin + D (“4th letter”). From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin.
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