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bone mineral content +   
bone mineral density +   
volumetric bone mineral density +   
Measurement of the mineral mass per unit volume of bone, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates and composed chiefly of calcium salts.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: volumetric bone mineral density
Related Synonyms: vBMD ;   volumetric BMD
Xrefs: EFO:0007620
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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