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FDG

FDG is the initialism of fluorodeoxyglucose.

Meaning of fluorodeoxyglucose

Noun

fluorodeoxyglucose (uncountable)

  1. A fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography
    Synonyms:
    FDG

Words formed from FDG

  • 18F-FDG
  • FDG-PET

Questions about FDG

What is FDG the initialism of?
FDG is the initialism of fluorodeoxyglucose.

Words near FDG in the dictionary

  1. FDDI
  2. FDDs
  3. FDE
  4. FDEA
  5. FDFS
  6. FDG
  7. FDH
  8. FDHs
  9. FDI
  10. FDIA
  11. FDIC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: FDG (page history and authors); fluorodeoxyglucose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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