oxidronate

oxidronate
ox·i·dro·nate (HDP, HMDP) (ok″sĭ-droґnāt) a hydroxymethylene-substituted diphosphonate compound having an affinity for sites of osteoid mineralization; complexed with technetium 99m it is used in bone imaging. See table at technetium.

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