antiestrogen

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ estrogen

Noun

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:
  Dr. Esteva described a breast cancer patient first treated with a mastectomy and the antiestrogen tamoxifen in 1995.

Translations

a substance that blocks estrogens

Portuguese: antiestrógeno m, antiestrogénio m (Portugal), antiestrogênio m (Brazil)

Anagrams

nitrogenates

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