antiestrogen
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
antiestrogen (plural antiestrogens)
- (pharmacology) A substance that blocks the production or utilization of estrogens, or inhibits their effects.
- 2008 June 17, Jane E. Brody, “Cancer as a Disease, Not a Death Sentence”, in New York Times[1]:
- Dr. Esteva described a breast cancer patient first treated with a mastectomy and the antiestrogen tamoxifen in 1995.
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Translations[edit]
a substance that blocks estrogens
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