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noun Biochemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble sterol, C ₂₈ H ₄₃ OH, that occurs in ergot and yeast and that, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, is converted to vitamin D.

Origin:
1885–90; ergo-² + sterol

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ergosterol (ɜːˈɡɒstəˌrɒl)

—n
	a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by the action of ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C₂₈H₄₃OH

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Ergo sterol is always a great word to know.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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ergosterol er·gos·ter·ol (ûr-gŏs'tə-rôl', -rōl')
n.
A crystalline sterol synthesized by yeast from sugars or derived from ergot and converted to vitamin D₂ when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

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