vitamin D

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (humorous, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A dick (“penis”), especially in a sexual context.

Sinonieme

calciferol

D

cholecalciferol

ergocalciferol

viosterol

Vertalings

vitamine D

Vitamin D

vitamina D

vitamina d

Vitamina d

calciferol

d

colecalciferol

ergocalciferol

vitamina d

calciferol

visoterol

vitamina D

Etimologie (Engels)

From vitamin + D (“4th letter”). From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin.