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fluorodeoxyglucose

fluorodeoxyglucose noun: a fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography.

Noun

fluorodeoxyglucose (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of fluorodeoxyglucose

Origin of fluorodeoxyglucose

From fluoro- + deoxy + glucose.

Words formed from fluorodeoxyglucose

  • 18F-FDG
  • 18F fluorodeoxyglucose
  • FDG
  • FDG-PET
  • FDG positron emission tomography
  • fluorodeoxyglucose F-18
  • fluorodeoxyglucose PET
  • fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Questions about fluorodeoxyglucose

What does fluorodeoxyglucose mean?
Fluorodeoxyglucose means a fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography.
What part of speech is fluorodeoxyglucose?
Fluorodeoxyglucose is a noun.

Words near fluorodeoxyglucose in the dictionary

  1. fluorocytometry
  2. fluorocytosine
  3. fluorocytosines
  4. fluorodenitration
  5. fluorodenitrations
  6. fluorodeoxyglucose
  7. fluorodeoxyuridine
  8. fluoroderivative
  9. fluoroderivatives
  10. fluorodesulfurization
  11. fluorodesulfurizations

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