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alendronate — noun a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause • Syn: ↑Fosamax • Usage Domain: ↑trademark (for: ↑Fosamax) • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
alendronate — alen·dro·nate ə len drə .nāt n a hydrated bisphosphonate sodium salt C4H12NNaO7P2·3H2O used to inhibit bone resorption esp. in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and Paget s disease of bone called also alendronate sodium see… … Medical dictionary
alendronate sodium — A drug that affects bone metabolism. It is used in treating osteoporosis and Paget s disease, and is being studied in the treatment of hypercalcemia (abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood) and in treating and reducing the risk of bone… … English dictionary of cancer terms
alendronate — a·len·dro·nate (ə lĕnʹdrə nāt ) n. A synthetic drug analogue of pyrophosphate that acts primarily on bone to inhibit its resorption and is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. [Probably amino + (buty)l(id)en(e), a… … Universalium
alendronate sodium — alen·dro·nate sodium (ə lenґdro nāt) a bisphosphonate calcium regulating agent used to inhibit the resorption of bone in the treatment of osteitis deformans and of hypercalcemia related to malignancy, and in the treatment and… … Medical dictionary
sodium alendronate — alendronic acid … The new mediacal dictionary
Alendronic acid — Systematic (IUPAC) name sodium [4 amino 1 hydroxy 1 (hydr … Wikipedia
Bisphosphonate — Basic structure of a bisphosphonate on top. To compare the structure of pyrophosphate below. Note the similarity in structure. Bisphosphonates (also called diphosphonates) are a class of drugs that prevent the loss of bone mass, used to treat… … Wikipedia
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