secosteroid
The English word “secosteroid” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
From Latin secō (“to cut”) + English steroid.
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