clodronic acid

English

Etymology

From (di)chlo(ro)- +‎ -dronic (“calcium metabolism regulator”) acid.

Noun

clodronic acid (uncountable)

(pharmacology) The chlorinated phosphonic acid CCl₂(PO(OH)₂)₂.

Coordinate terms

clodronate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Translations

chlorinated phosphonic acid

Finnish: klodronihappo

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