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dihydroxyvitamin

dihydroxyvitamin noun: a physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.

Noun

dihydroxyvitamin (plural dihydroxyvitamins)

  1. A physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.
    • It is also well understood that the vitamins themselves are not biologically active but that they are first converted to the 1a,25-dihydroxyvitamins (386 and 154, respectively) which exhibit the biological behavior associated with the vitamins.2008, Vitamin D Handbook: Structures, Synonyms, and Properties, page vii

Forms of dihydroxyvitamin

pluraldihydroxyvitamins

Origin of dihydroxyvitamin

From di- + hydroxy- + vitamin.

Questions about dihydroxyvitamin

What does dihydroxyvitamin mean?
Dihydroxyvitamin means a physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.
What part of speech is dihydroxyvitamin?
Dihydroxyvitamin is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydroxyvitamin?
The plural of dihydroxyvitamin is dihydroxyvitamins.

Words near dihydroxyvitamin in the dictionary

  1. dihydroxypteridine
  2. dihydroxysuccinic acid
  3. dihydroxysuccinic acids
  4. dihydroxytryptamine
  5. dihydroxytryptamines
  6. dihydroxyvitamin
  7. dihydroxyvitamins
  8. dihydrozeatin
  9. dii ex machina
  10. dii ex machinis
  11. Dii Majores

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