hydroxyvitamin

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English

Etymology

From hydroxy- +‎ vitamin.

Noun

hydroxyvitamin (plural hydroxyvitamins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a vitamin, but in practice a derivative of vitamin D that is measured in order to diagnose vitamin D deficiency