etidronic acid
Meanings
noun
- The phosphonic acid (1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl)phosphonic acid which inhibits the formation, growth, and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals and is administered orally in the treatment of some bone diseases (such as Paget's disease of bone).
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Etymology
From ethy(l) + (hy)dro(xy) + (phosph)onic acid.
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