medronate

medronate
med·ro·nate (medґro-nāt) MDP; a methylene-substituted diphosphonate compound with an affinity for sites of osteoid mineralization; complexed with technetium 99m it is used in bone imaging. Called also methylene diphosphonate. See table at technetium.

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