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-dronate

-dronate suffix: used to form nonproprietary names for bisphosphonate drugs.

Suffix

-dronate

  1. Used to form nonproprietary names for bisphosphonate drugs.
    • alendronate, etidronate, ibandronate, risedronate

Questions about -dronate

What does -dronate mean?
-dronate means used to form nonproprietary names for bisphosphonate drugs.
What part of speech is -dronate?
-dronate is a suffix.

Words near -dronate in the dictionary

  1. -drine
  2. -drome
  3. -dromic
  4. -dromous
  5. -dromy
  6. -dronate
  7. -dronic
  8. -duct
  9. -dutant
  10. -dyl
  11. -dyne

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