vitamin D
vitamin D noun: any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and preventing rickets, that can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.
Noun
vitamin D (uncountable)
- Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and preventing rickets, that can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.
- Synonyms:
- sunshine vitamin
- A dick (“penis”), especially in a sexual context.
- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
vitamin D meaning in Hindi
vitamin D in Hindi
- vitamin D
- विटामिन डी viṭāmin ḍī
Synonyms of vitamin D
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Forms of vitamin D
| alternative abbreviation | vit. D |
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Origin of vitamin D
From vitamin + D (“4th letter”). From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin.
Words formed from vitamin D
- dihydroxyvitamin-D
- hydroxyvitamin-D
- previtamin D
- previtamin D3
- VDR
- vitamin D receptor
- vitamin D1
- vitamin D2
- vitamin D3
- vitamin D4
- vitamin D5
Questions about vitamin D
- What does vitamin D mean?
- Vitamin D means any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and preventing rickets, that can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.
- What is vitamin D in Hindi?
- Vitamin D in Hindi is विटामिन डी (viṭāmin ḍī). See Vitamin D meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vitamin D?
- Vitamin D is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitamin D (page history and authors); विटामिन डी (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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