Alendronate Definition
ə-lĕndrə-nāt
noun
A synthetic drug analog of pyrophosphate that acts primarily on bone to inhibit its resorption and is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
American Heritage
A bisphosphonate drug, C4 H13 NO7 P2 , that inhibits bone resorption and is used in the form of its sodium salt to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine) The sodium salt of alendronic acid used to treat osteoporosis.
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Noun
Singular:
alendronate
Plural:
alendronatesOrigin of Alendronate
Probably a(mino) (buty)l(id)en(e) a bivalent hydrocarbon radical (butyl) (–id(e)) (–ene) (hy)dr(oxy) (phosph)onate chemical compound name (phosphon(ium)) (–ate)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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