SYN: ergocalciferol.
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cal·cif·er·ol kal-'sif-ə-.rȯl, -.rōl n an alcohol C28H43OH usu. prepared by irradiation of ergosterol and used as a dietary supplement in nutrition and medicinally esp. in the control of rickets called also ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D, vitamin D2 see DRISDOL
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Cal·cif·er·ol (kal-sifґər-ol) trademark for preparations of ergocalciferol.Medical dictionary. 2011.