fluorodeoxyglucose
nounEtymology From fluoro- + deoxy + glucose.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography
- Synonyms
- FDG
- Derived terms
- 18F-FDG, 18F fluorodeoxyglucose, FDG, FDG-PET, FDG positron emission tomography, fluorodeoxyglucose F-18, fluorodeoxyglucose PET, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
- Related terms
- deoxyglucose, fluoroglucose, radiochemistry, radiomarker
- Hypernyms
- fluorocarbon, halocarbon, organic compound, sugar
- Hyponyms
- 18F-FDG, 18F fluorodeoxyglucose, fluorodeoxyglucose F-18
- Coordinate terms
- PET, PETscan, positron emission tomography