ergocalciferol /er·go·cal·cif·er·ol/ (er″go-kal-sif´er-ol) vitamin D; a sterol occurring in fungi and some fish oils or synthesized from ergosterol, with similar activity and metabolism to those of cholecalciferol; used as a dietary source of vitamin D and in the treatment of hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, rickets, and osteodystrophy associated with a variety of disorders.
ergocalciferol.
er·go·cal·cif·er·ol (ûr g -k l-s f  -rôl, -rl)n. See vitamin D2. |
ergocalciferol.
See calciferol.
ergocalciferol
vitamin D2; an oil-soluble antirachitic vitamin. See also vitamin d.
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