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osteoprotective

osteoprotective adjective: that protects bone from physical damage.

Adjective

osteoprotective (comparative more osteoprotective, superlative most osteoprotective)

  1. That protects bone from physical damage
    • Potential differences in the OC gene expression between postmenopausal women treated and not treated with HRT would allow determining if osteoprotective effect of estrogen is exerted, inter alia, by changes in metabolism of OC.2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Postmenopausal Women”, in BioMed Research International, volume...

Forms of osteoprotective

comparativemore osteoprotective
superlativemost osteoprotective

Origin of osteoprotective

From osteo- + protective.

Questions about osteoprotective

What does osteoprotective mean?
Osteoprotective means that protects bone from physical damage.
What part of speech is osteoprotective?
Osteoprotective is an adjective.

Words near osteoprotective in the dictionary

  1. osteoproliferation
  2. osteoproliferative
  3. osteopromotive
  4. osteoprotectant
  5. osteoprotection
  6. osteoprotective
  7. osteoprotegerin
  8. osteoprotegerins
  9. osteoprotegrin
  10. osteoprotogerin
  11. osteopsathyrosis

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