Calciferol

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  vitamin D \vitamin D\ n.
     any of several chemically related fat-soluble vitamins that
     prevent rickets. It is found in fish-liver oils, egg yolks
     and milk. Component vitamin D2 is also called {calciferol},
     and vitamin D3 is called {cholecalciferol}.
  


     Syn: calciferol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  calciferol \cal*cif"er*ol\ n.
     one of the forms of {vitamin D}, a fat-soluble vitamin that
     prevents rickets. It is an unsaturated alcohol, {C28H43OH}
     found in foods such as milk and fish liver oils. It is used
     as a dietary supplement in milk.
  
     Syn: vitamin D, ergocalciferol, cholecarciferol, D.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calciferol
       n : a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: {vitamin D},
            {viosterol}, {ergocalciferol}, {cholecarciferol}, {D}]