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calciferol

calciferol noun: vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O).

Noun

calciferol (uncountable)

  1. Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
    • Owing to the exceptional difficulty of purification in the sterol group, we cannot yet be certain that this substance is a single compound, but we think the provisional adoption of a new name is justified, for the sake of convenience, and suggest “Calciferol” in view of the high antirachitic...1931 June 1, T. C. Angus, F. A. Askew, R. B. Bourdillon, Hilda M. Bruce, Robert Kenneth Callow, Catherine Fischmann, J. St L. Philpot, T. A. Webster, “A crystalline antirachitic substance”, in...
    Synonyms:
    cholecalciferol

calciferol meaning in Tamil and Kannada

calciferol in Tamil

கல்சிபெரோல்

calciferol in Kannada

ಜೀವಸತ್ವ ಡಿ

Synonyms of calciferol

Origin of calciferol

Coined in 1931 as a blend of calciferous + sterol (see quote below).

Words formed from calciferol

Questions about calciferol

What does calciferol mean?
Calciferol means vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O).
What is calciferol in Tamil?
Calciferol in Tamil is கல்சிபெரோல். See Calciferol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is calciferol?
Calciferol is a noun.

Words near calciferol in the dictionary

  1. calcides
  2. Calcidian
  3. calcidiol
  4. Calcidius
  5. calcifediol
  6. calciferol
  7. calciferols
  8. calciferous
  9. calcifiability
  10. calcifiable
  11. calcific

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