| Steenbock unit | A unit of vitamin D; the total amount of vitamin D which will produce within 10 days a narrow line of calcium deposit in the rachitic metaphyses of the distal ends of the radii and ulnae of standard rachitic rats. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| Steenbock, Harry | <person> U.S. Physiologist and chemist, 1886-1967. See: Steenbock unit. (05 Mar 2000) |