Medical term:
7-dehydrocholesterol
7-de·hy·dro·cho·les·ter·ol
(dē-hī'drō-kō-les'tĕr-ol),A zoosterol in skin and other animal tissues that on activation by ultraviolet light becomes antirachitic and is then referred to as cholecalciferol (vitamin D3).
Synonym(s): provitamin D3
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7-dehydrocholesterol
(dē-hī″drō-kŏ-les′tĕ-rol″)A steroid precursor of vitamin D that converts to the vitamin when skin is exposed to sunlight.
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