A higher than normal level may be due to a number of health conditions. 1  Common causes include: 2  Being on bed rest for a long time. 3  Consuming too much calcium or vitamin D. 4  Hyperparathyroidism (parathyroid glands make too much of their hormone; often associated with a low vitamin D level).
Definition of 'coup de grace'. coup de grace (ku dÉ grÉs ) A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example, an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker. Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal.
It was the middle of a wet June, and the season received its coup de grace. Here was an instrument with which surely the coup de grace could be given to the dying State. But Jane Eyre gave her, for the moment, the coup de grace. The way for the coup de grace had to be cleared by strategy and dissimulation.