CALCIFEROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calciferol mean? 

• CALCIFEROL (noun)
  The noun CALCIFEROL has 1 sense:

1. a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

  Familiarity information: CALCIFEROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCIFEROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

calciferol; cholecalciferol; D; ergocalciferol; viosterol; vitamin D

Hypernyms ("calciferol" is a kind of...):

fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)

Meronyms (substance of "calciferol"):

ergosterol (a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation)

 Context examples 

Factors that contribute to the development of neonatal rickets include calcium, phosphorus, or calciferol deficiency.

(Neonatal Rickets, NCI Thesaurus)