| Name: | visceral fat |
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| Synonyms: | visceral fat deposit |
| Definition: | Adipose tissue on the surface of the organs within the pleuroperitoneal cavity. Visceral adipocytes were observed posterior to the swim bladder and lining the visceral cavity. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005759] |
| Name: | D3 vitamins |
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| Synonyms: | D3 vitamin, vitamin D3s |
| Definition: | A vitamin D that is calciol or its hydroxylated metabolites calcidiol and calcitriol. Calciol (also known as vitamin D3) acts as a hormone precursor, being hydroxylated in the liver to calcidiol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3), which is then further hydroxylated in the kidney to give calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3), the active hormone. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:73558] ( EBI ) |