medical Definition of 7-dehydrocholesterol
:a crystalline steroid alcohol C27H43OH that occurs (as in the skin) chiefly in higher animals and humans and that yields vitamin D3 on irradiation with ultraviolet light
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7-dehydrocholesterol
noun
7-de·hy·dro·cho·les·ter·ol
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ˈsev-ən-(ˌ)dē-ˌhī-drō-kə-ˈles-tə-ˌrōl, -ˌrȯl
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