dihydroxyvitamin means A physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
noun
- A physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.“It is also well understood that the vitamins themselves are not biologically active but that they are first converted to the 1a,25-dihydroxyvitamins (386 and 154, respectively) which exhibit the biological behavior associated with the vitamins.”