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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun any of several chemically related fat-soluble vitamins that prevent rickets. It is found in fish-liver oils, egg yolks and milk. Component vitamin D2 is also called calciferol, and vitamin D3 is called cholecalciferol.

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  • noun a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

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  • Give me Vitamin D, means treat it with Diesel... or DRIVE FASTER.

    September 1, 2009