etidronic acid (English, noun)
expansion: etidronic acid (uncountable)
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topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: 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).
tags: uncountable
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