fluorodeoxyglucose

Meaning

Noun

A fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography

Related

Similar words

FDG

Narrower meaning words

[[18F-FDG
¹⁸F-FDG]]
fluorodeoxyglucose F-18
[[18F fluorodeoxyglucose
¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose]]

Broader meaning words

Origin

fluoro- + deoxy

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