vitamin D

English

Noun

vitamin D (uncountable)

1. Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and that prevents rickets; can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.

Alternative forms

• vit. D (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• vitamin D₁
• vitamin D₂
• vitamin D₃
• vitamin D₄
• vitamin D₅

Translations

any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: vitamine D m or f
• Esperanto: vitamino D
• Finnish: D-vitamiini
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• German: Vitamin D n
• Portuguese: vitamina D f
• Russian: витами́н D m (vitamín D)
• Swedish: D-vitamin