cholecalciferol in English

noun
1
one of the D vitamins, a sterol that is formed by the action of sunlight on dehydrocholesterol in the skin. Deficiency of this vitamin affects calcium levels, causing rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
The most important source of vitamin D for all individuals is the sunlight-driven conversion in skin of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholecalciferol .
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1. Use Aqueous Vitamin D (cholecalciferol drops) as ordered by your doctor

2. Check with your pharmacist about how to take Aqueous Vitamin D (cholecalciferol drops).

3. He was involved in the discovery of the transformation of cholesterol through several steps to vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol).

4. The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating osteoporosis, which comprise bisphosphonate-based compounds such as risedronic acids or the salts thereof, ibandronic acids or the salts thereof, or the like, and high-dose cholecalciferol, and which are to be administered once a month.