secosteroids

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A form of secosteroid — Any of the subclass of many terpenoid compounds of the tetracyclic steroid class that are structural relatives bearing a cleavage of one of the four rings of that parent class. The prototypical secosteroid is cholecalciferol, vitamin D3.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of secosteroid
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