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Alendronate

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Noun

1. alendronate, fosamax

a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Alendronate

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n.
A bisphosphonate drug, C4H13NO7P2, that inhibits bone resorption and is used in the form of its sodium salt to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

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