vitamin d

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vitamin d - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

vitamin d - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vitamin D
      n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: vitamin D
           , calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol,
           cholecalciferol, D]