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Vitamin D   /vˈaɪtəmən di/   Listen
Vitamin D

noun
1.
A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets.  Synonyms: calciferol, cholecalciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol.






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"Vitamin D" Quotes from Famous Books



... the difference in principle between garum (the exact nature of which is unknown) and the oil of the liver of cod (or less expensive fish) exposed to the beneficial rays of ultraviolet light—artificial sunlight—to imbue the oil with an extra large and uniform dose of vitamin D? The ancients, it appears, knew "vitamin D" to exist. Maybe they had a different name for "vitamins," maybe none at all. The name does not matter. The thing which they knew, does. They knew the nutritive value of liver, proven by many formulae. Pollio, one of the vicious characters of antiquity, ...
— Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome • Apicius



Words linked to "Vitamin D" :   calciferol, cholecalciferol, d, ergosterol, fat-soluble vitamin



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