antirachitic vitamin

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• antirachitic — Promoting the cure of rickets or preventing its development ( e.g., vitamin D preparations). * * * an·ti·ra·chit·ic rə kit ik adj used or tending to prevent the development of rickets <an antirachitic vitamin> antirachitic n an antirachitic …   Medical dictionary

• antirachitic — I. | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| adjective Etymology: anti (I) + rachitic : opposing or preventing the development of rickets an antirachitic vitamin II. noun ( s) : an antirachitic agent …   Useful english dictionary

• vitamin — One of a group of organic substances, present in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs, that are essential to normal metabolism; insufficient amounts in the diet may cause deficiency diseases. [L. vita, life, + amine] v. A 1. any β …   Medical dictionary

• Vitamin — This article is about the set of organic compounds. For the nutritional supplement preparation, see multivitamin. For the manga, see Vitamin (manga) …   Wikipedia

• vitamin D — any of the several fat soluble, antirachitic vitamins D1, D2, D3, occurring in milk and fish liver oils, esp. cod and halibut, or obtained by irradiating provitamin D with ultraviolet light, essential for the formation of normal bones and teeth.… …   Universalium

• Vitamin D — A steroid vitamin which promotes the intestinal absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus. Under normal conditions of sunlight exposure, no dietary supplementation is necessary because sunlight promotes adequate vitamin D synthesis in… …   Medical dictionary

• vitamin D — n. 1) biochem. nut any of the several fat soluble, antirachitic vitamins D1, D2, D3, occurring in milk and fish liver oils, esp. cod and halibut: essential for the formation of normal bones and teeth Etymology: 1920–25 2) vitamin D1 biochem. nut… …   From formal English to slang

• vitamin D — /vaɪtəmən ˈdi/ (say vuytuhmuhn dee) noun any of the several fat soluble antirachitic vitamins D1, D2, D3, found in milk and fish liver oils, especially cod and halibut, or obtained by irradiating provitamin D with ultraviolet light …  

• antirachitic —   a. preventive of rickets, especially applied to vitamin D or food containing it …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Rickets — Infobox Disease Name = Rickets ICD10 = ICD10|E|55| |e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|268 Caption = A family with rickets. Paris, 1900. DiseasesDB = 9351 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2014 MedlinePlus = 000344 MeshName = Rickets MeshNumber = D012279Rickets …   Wikipedia

• unit — 1. One; a single person or thing. 2. A standard of measure, weight, or any other quality, by multiplications or fractions of which a scale or system is formed. 3. A group of persons or things considered as a whole because of mutual activities or… …   Medical dictionary