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ergocalciferol
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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.
er·go·cal·cif·er·ol (ûrg-kl-sf-rôl, -rl)
n.
See vitamin D2.
ergocalciferol
vitamin D2; an oil-soluble antirachitic vitamin. See also vitamin d.
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