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cholecalciferol
[ko″le-kal-sif´er-ol]vitamin D3, an oil-soluble vitamin used in the prevention of rickets. See also vitamin.
cho·le·cal·cif·er·ol
(kō'lē-kal-sif'er-ol),Probably the vitamin D of animal origin found in the skin, fur, and feathers of animals and birds exposed to sunlight, and also in butter, brain, fish oils, and egg yolk. Synonym(s): vitamin D3
Synonym(s): calciol
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.cholecalciferol
(kō′lĭ-kăl-sĭf′ə-rôl′, -rōl′)n.
See vitamin D3.
cholecalciferol
See vitamin D3.
vitamin D3
A vitamin synthesised in the skin upon exposure to ultraviolet light.cho·le·cal·cif·er·ol
(kō'lĕ-kal-sif'ĕr-ol)The vitamin D of animal origin found in the skin, fur, and feathers of animals and birds exposed to sunlight, and also in butter, fish oils, and egg yolk.
Synonym(s): vitamin D3.
Synonym(s): vitamin D3.
cholecalciferol
Colecalciferol, vitamin D3, the natural form of the vitamin, formed in the skin by the action of the ultraviolet component of sunlight on 7-dehydrocholesterol. As a drug, the vitamin is usually formulated along with calcium for the treatment of calcium deficiency or OSTEOPOROSIS. Brand names are Cacit D3, Calceos and Calcichew.cholecalciferol
vitamin D3, an oil-soluble antirachitic vitamin. See also vitamin d.