Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-hī′drō-kō-les′tĕr-ol Definitions: 1. 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). Synonyms: provitamin D
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7-dehydrocholesterol (desmosterol) is a crystalline steroid alcohol that occurs chiefly in higher animals and man (as in the skin), that is made synthetically from cholesterol, and yields vitamin D3 on irradiation with ultraviolet light.
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