vitamin D

Meaning

Noun

Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and that prevents rickets; can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.

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Origin

vitamin + D. From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin.

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