VITAMIN D

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin D mean? 

• VITAMIN D (noun)
  The noun VITAMIN D has 1 sense:

1. a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

  Familiarity information: VITAMIN D used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN D (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 ("vitamin D" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "vitamin D"):

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

 Context examples 

All study participants had their vitamin D levels measured at the start of the study.

(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)

For example, calcium and vitamin D are important for keeping bones strong.

(Dietary Supplements, NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements)

It is used to prevent and to treat vitamin D deficiency.

(Ergocalciferol, NCI Dictionary)

The anhydrous form of calcifediol, a hormone precursor that is produced by the hydroxylation of vitamin D in the liver.

(Calcifediol Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in vitamin D metabolism and calcium homeostasis.

(CYP27B1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic analog of vitamin D with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Doxercalciferol, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic inflammation plays a role in both of these diseases, and most immune cells have receptors for vitamin D. Binding of vitamin D to its receptor regulates many key processes inside cells.

(How Vitamin D May Affect Heart Disease, Diabetes, NIH)

It is a type of vitamin D analog.

(Doxercalciferol, NCI Dictionary)

Nuclear Receptor Genes (NR Superfamily) encode over 300 ligand-dependent Nuclear Receptor (NRs) transcription factors: steroid, retinoid, vitamin D, TH, and orphan receptors (unknown ligands).

(Nuclear Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A metabolic bone disease that results from either a deficiency in vitamin D, or an abnormality in the metabolism of vitamin D, or a deficiency of calcium in the diet.

(Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)