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cholecalciferol

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cholecalciferol /cho·le·cal·ci·fer·ol/ (ko?le-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.
cho·le·cal·cif·er·ol (kl-kl-sf-rôl, -rl)
n.
See vitamin D3.
cholecalciferol
vitamin D3, an oil-soluble antirachitic vitamin. See also vitamin d.


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