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alfacalcidol, n. Pharm.|ælfəˈkælsɪdɒl| [f. alfa, phonetic respelling of alpha n. + calciferol n. and -idol, perh. alteration of *diol n.] An analogue of vitamin D3 used in the treatment of vitamin D deficiency; 1α-hydroxycholecalciferol.
1978Approved Names 1977 (Brit. Pharmacopoeia Comm.) Suppl. iii, Alfacalcidol. 1985Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Oct. 1153/2 The lack of toxicity of alfacalcidol makes a clinical study feasible. 1989Collier & Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) iii. 280 Vitamin D (50 nanograms/kg of alfacalcidol/day PO) is helpful in reducing phosphate excretion. |