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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
bone mineral content +   
bone mineral density +   
Measurement of the mineral mass per unit area of bone, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates and composed chiefly of calcium salts.
volumetric bone mineral density +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: BMD ;   areal BMD ;   areal bone mineral density ;   bone density
Narrow Synonyms: femoral neck bone mineral density ;   heel bone mineral density ;   hip bone mineral density ;   radius bone mineral density ;   spine bone mineral density
Xrefs: EFO:0003923 ;   EFO:0007701 ;   EFO:0007702 ;   EFO:0007785 ;   EFO:0007933 ;   EFO:0009270
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982, McGraw-Hill:McGraw-Hill_Concise_Dictionary_of_Modern_Medicine

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