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methylene diphosphonate

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  • noun organic chemistry, oncology A compound consisting of a methylene bound to two phosphonate groups; in radiology, it is used together with technetium 99 in order to locate areas of bone metastasis

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Words with the same meaning

  1. MDP
  2. medronic acid

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