nonbone en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + bone.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not of or relating to bone.
From the studies listed in Table 2, it is evident that, in the average population in a country such as Canada with little natural UVB stimulation for >6 months of the year, only 22% of the population achieve levels to confer all the benefits (bone and nonbone) of vitamin D adequacy.
2015 July 29, Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis, “Vitamin D, Essential Minerals, and Toxic Elements: Exploring Interactions between Nutrients and Toxicants in Clinical Medicine”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI: