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osteotropic

osteotropic adjective: describing any drug etc. that is attracted to, and targets bone.

Adjective

osteotropic (comparative more osteotropic, superlative most osteotropic)

  1. Describing any drug etc. that is attracted to, and targets bone

Forms of osteotropic

comparativemore osteotropic
superlativemost osteotropic

Origin of osteotropic

From osteo- + -tropic.

Questions about osteotropic

What does osteotropic mean?
Osteotropic means describing any drug etc. that is attracted to, and targets bone.
What part of speech is osteotropic?
Osteotropic is an adjective.

Words near osteotropic in the dictionary

  1. osteotoxin
  2. osteotoxins
  3. osteotripsy
  4. osteotrophic
  5. osteotrophism
  6. osteotropic
  7. osteotropism
  8. osteozecathia
  9. Oster
  10. Ostergaard
  11. Ostergaards

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