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cholecalciferol /cho·le·cal·ci·fer·ol/ (ko″lĕ-kal-sif´er-ol) vitamin D; a hormone synthesized in the skin on irradiation of 7-dehydrocholesterol or obtained from the diet; it is activated when metabolized to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. It is used as an antirachitic and in the treatment of hypocalcemic tetany and hypoparathyroidism.

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See vitamin D3.

cholecalciferol.

See vitamin D₃.

cholecalciferol [ko″le-kal-sif´er-ol]

vitamin D₃, an oil-soluble vitamin used in the prevention of rickets. See also vitamin.

cholecalciferol

vitamin D₃, an oil-soluble antirachitic vitamin. See also vitamin d.

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