BMD has various meanings in the Veterinary category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of BMD in Veterinary.
Bone mineral density is the amount of bone mineral in bone tissue. The concept is of mass of mineral per volume of bone (relating to density in the physics sense), although clinically it is measured by proxy according to optical density per square centimeter of bone surface upon imaging. Bone density measurement is used in clinical medicine as an indirect indicator of osteoporosis and fracture risk.
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