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antiestrogenic

antiestrogenic adjective: inhibiting estrogen.

Adjective

antiestrogenic (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting estrogen.
    • Tamoxifen, a nonsteroidal antiestrogenic agent, is used widely as adjunctive therapy for women with breast cancer.2015, Alka Jindal et al., “Endometrial evaluation by ultrasonography, hysteroscopy and histopathology in cases of breast carcinoma on Tamoxifen therapy”, in Journal of Mid-Life Health, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of antiestrogenic

From anti- + estrogen + -ic.

Questions about antiestrogenic

What does antiestrogenic mean?
Antiestrogenic means inhibiting estrogen.
What part of speech is antiestrogenic?
Antiestrogenic is an adjective.

Words near antiestrogenic in the dictionary

  1. antiestablishmentarian
  2. antiestablishmentarianism
  3. antiestablishmentarians
  4. antiestablishmentism
  5. antiestrogen
  6. antiestrogenic
  7. antiestrogenically
  8. antiestrogenicity
  9. antiestrogens
  10. Antietam
  11. Antietam Creek

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