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estramustine

estramustine noun: a synthetic steroidal estrogen whose phosphate is used to counter prostate cancer.

Noun

estramustine (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic steroidal estrogen whose phosphate is used to counter prostate cancer.

Origin of estramustine

From estra(diol) + -mustine (“antineoplastic, alkylating agent”).

Questions about estramustine

What does estramustine mean?
Estramustine means a synthetic steroidal estrogen whose phosphate is used to counter prostate cancer.
What part of speech is estramustine?
Estramustine is a noun.

Words near estramustine in the dictionary

  1. estragons
  2. estral
  3. estramacon
  4. estramacons
  5. estramadurite
  6. estramustine
  7. estrane
  8. estranes
  9. estrange
  10. estranged
  11. estrangedness

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