Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin. Vitamin D, or the sunshine vitamin, is actually a hormone produced by the skin. It plays a part in bone health and can be a determinant factor in developing many diseases because of its role in inflammation.
Word Origin & History. empty O.E. Ã¦mettig at leisure, not occupied, unmarried, from Ã¦metta leisure, from Ã¦ not + -metta, from motan to have (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from at leisure to empty is paralleled in several languages, cf. The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied [Buck].
1 adj If something is full, it contains as much of a substance or as many objects as it can. , (Antonym: empty) Once the container is full, it stays shut until you turn it clockwise., ...a full tank of petrol. 2 adj If a place or thing is full of things or people, it contains a large number of them.