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cal·cif·er·ol

n :  an alcohol C28H43OH usu. prepared by irradiation of ergosterol and used as a dietary supplement in nutrition and medicinally esp. in the control of rickets - called also ergocalciferol , viosterol , vitamin D , vitamin D2  - see DRISDOL  .
 
   

 
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