methylene diphosphonate

English
Molecular structure of methylene diphosphonate

Noun

methylene diphosphonate (uncountable)

  1. (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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