fluorodeoxyglucose

English

Etymology

From fluoro- +‎ deoxy +‎ glucose.

Noun

fluorodeoxyglucose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A fluorine analog of glucose that is used in positron emission tomography

Synonyms

• FDG

 

Hypernyms

• fluorocarbon
• halocarbon
• organic compound
• sugar

 

Hyponyms

• ¹⁸F-FDG
• ¹⁸F fluorodeoxyglucose
• fluorodeoxyglucose F-18

 

Coordinate terms

• PET
• PETscan
• positron emission tomography

 

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

 

See also

• radiochemistry
• radiomarker

 

Anagrams

• deoxyfluoroglucose