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antiresorptive

antiresorptive adjective: inhibiting resorption.

Adjective

antiresorptive (comparative more antiresorptive, superlative most antiresorptive)

  1. Inhibiting resorption.
    • Although developed as antiresorptive agents, several compounds show lysosomotropic effects, cutaneous adverse effects and anabolic activity, which are intrinsically related to the selectivity of inhibitors toward CatK. Therefore, alternative compounds having better selectivity toward CatK may...2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

antiresorptive (plural antiresorptives)

  1. Any drug that inhibits resorption.

Forms of antiresorptive

Adjective
comparativemore antiresorptive
superlativemost antiresorptive
Noun
pluralantiresorptives

Origin of antiresorptive

From anti- + resorptive.

Questions about antiresorptive

What does antiresorptive mean?
Antiresorptive means inhibiting resorption.
What part of speech is antiresorptive?
Antiresorptive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antiresorptive in the dictionary

  1. antiresonance
  2. antiresonances
  3. antiresonant
  4. antiresorber
  5. antiresorbers
  6. antiresorptive
  7. antiresorptives
  8. antirestenosis
  9. antirestenotic
  10. antirestoration
  11. antirestriction

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