ALENDRONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alendronate mean? 

• ALENDRONATE (noun)
  The noun ALENDRONATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALENDRONATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALENDRONATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

alendronate; Fosamax

Hypernyms ("alendronate" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

 Context examples 

Alendronate sodium binds to and inhibits the activity of geranyltranstransferase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase), an enzyme involved in terpenoid biosynthesis.

(Alendronate sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Alendronate sodium slows the breakdown of bone and prevents the loss of calcium.

(Alendronate sodium, NCI Dictionary)

Also called alendronate sodium.

(Fosamax, NCI Dictionary)

The sodium salt of alendronate, a second generation bisphosphonate and synthetic analog of pyrophosphate with bone anti-resorption activity.

(Alendronate sodium, NCI Thesaurus)