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etidronic

etidronic adjective: composed of or derived from a bisphosphonate compound combined with an ethyl group, especially etidronic acid.

Adjective

etidronic (comparative more etidronic, superlative most etidronic)

  1. Composed of or derived from a bisphosphonate compound combined with an ethyl group, especially etidronic acid.
    • In recent years, new topologies of uranyl peroxide cage clusters have been achieved using carboxyphosphonate and etidronic ligands.2016, Sarah Hickam, Peter C. Burns, “Oxo Clusters of 5f elements”, in Zhiping Zheng, editor, Recent Development in Clusters of Rare Earths and Actinides, page 138

Forms of etidronic

comparativemore etidronic
superlativemost etidronic

Origin of etidronic

ethyl + -dronate + -ic

Words formed from etidronic

Phrases with etidronic

Questions about etidronic

What does etidronic mean?
Etidronic means composed of or derived from a bisphosphonate compound combined with an ethyl group, especially etidronic acid.
What part of speech is etidronic?
Etidronic is an adjective.

Words near etidronic in the dictionary

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

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