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etidronate

etidronate noun: any salt or ester of etidronic acid, but especially the sodium salt, which is used to reduce calcium loss from bones.

Noun

etidronate (plural etidronates)

  1. Any salt or ester of etidronic acid, but especially the sodium salt, which is used to reduce calcium loss from bones

Forms of etidronate

pluraletidronates

Origin of etidronate

From etidronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about etidronate

What does etidronate mean?
Etidronate means any salt or ester of etidronic acid, but especially the sodium salt, which is used to reduce calcium loss from bones.
What part of speech is etidronate?
Etidronate is a noun.
What is the plural of etidronate?
The plural of etidronate is etidronates.

Words near etidronate in the dictionary

  1. eticlordifene
  2. eticness
  3. etics
  4. eticyclidine
  5. etidocaine
  6. etidronate
  7. etidronates
  8. etidronic
  9. etidronic acid
  10. etifelmine
  11. etifenin

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