fluorodeoxyglucose en · NOUN
Etymology
From fluoro- + deoxy + glucose.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography
Coordinates
positron emission tomography · PETscan · PET
Deriveds
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography · FDG-PET · FDG · 18F-FDG · 18F fluorodeoxyglucose · fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 · FDG positron emission tomography · fluorodeoxyglucose PET
Hypernyms
halocarbon · sugar · fluorocarbon · organic compound
Hyponyms
18F fluorodeoxyglucose · fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 · 18F-FDG
Relateds
fluoroglucose · deoxyglucose · radiochemistry · radiomarker