vitamin D
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Etymology edit
vitamin + D (“4th letter”). From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin.
Noun edit
vitamin D (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) 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.
- (humorous, slang) dick (sex with a man)
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- vit. D (abbreviation)
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Translations edit
any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins
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