bisphosphonate
nounEtymology From bis- + phosphonate.
1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom.
2
Medicine, Sciences Any of several pharmaceuticals having this structure; they are inhibitors of bone resorption, used to treat several diseases including Paget's disease and osteoporosis.
- Synonyms
- diphosphonate
- Derived terms
- bisphossy jaw, bisphosphonate osteochemonecrosis
- Related terms
- phossy jaw
- Hyponyms
- alendronate, alendronic acid, clodronate, clodronic acid, ibandronate, ibandronic acid, medronate, medronic acid, neridronate, neridronic acid, olpadronate, olpadronic acid, pamidronate, pamidronic acid, risedronate, risedronic acid, tiludronate, tiludronic acid, zoledronate, zoledronic acid