etidronic acid
US/ˌɛt.ɪˌdɹɑn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
etidronic acid noun: the phosphonic acid (1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl)phosphonic acid which inhibits the formation, growth, and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals and is administered orally in the treatment of some bone diseases (such as Paget's disease of bone).
Noun
etidronic acid (uncountable)
- The phosphonic acid (1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl)phosphonic acid which inhibits the formation, growth, and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals and is administered orally in the treatment of some bone diseases (such as Paget's disease of bone).
Origin of etidronic acid
From ethy(l) + (hy)dro(xy) + (phosph)onic acid.
Words formed from etidronic acid
- calcium metabolism regulator
- etidronate
Words that rhyme with etidronic acid
- acid
- aminosalicylic acid
- peracid
- subacid
- alendronic acid
- amidotrizoic acid
- aminocaproic acid
- antacid
- barbituric acid
- diacid
- diatrizoic acid
- glycyrrhizic acid
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- hydracid
- hydrochloric acid
- hyperacid
- hypoacid
- iopanoic acid
- iopodic acid
- isethionic acid
- jassid
- ketoacid
- monacid
- monoacid
- mycophenolic acid
- nalidixic acid
- nonacid
- orotic acid
- oxyacid
- placid
- polyacid
- pyruvic acid
- ricinoleic acid
- risedronic acid
- stibogluconic acid
- superacid
- tetracid
- tiludronic acid
- tranexamic acid
- triacid
- zoledronic acid
Questions about etidronic acid
- What does etidronic acid mean?
- Etidronic acid means the phosphonic acid (1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl)phosphonic acid which inhibits the formation, growth, and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals and is administered orally in the treatment of some bone diseases (such as Paget's disease of bone).
- What part of speech is etidronic acid?
- Etidronic acid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce etidronic acid?
- Etidronic acid is pronounced /ˌɛt.ɪˌdɹɑn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/ (US).
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