antiestrogen
1Antiestrogen — An antiestrogen is a substance that blocks the activity of estrogens, the family of hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female sex characteristics. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db alpha.aspx?CdrID=44813… …
2Antiestrogen — A substance that can prevent the full expression of estrogen. Antiestrogens act by exerting antagonistic effects on target tissues (androgens and progestogens act in this way) or by competing with estrogens for access to receptor sites located on …
3Antiestrogen — Selektive Estrogenrezeptormodulatoren (SERM), früher auch Antiestrogene, sind Arzneistoffe, die ihre Wirkung über Estrogenrezeptoren vermitteln.[1] Die selektiven Estrogenrezeptormodulatoren sind chemisch unterschiedliche Verbindungen, die nicht… …
4antiestrogen — n. * * * …
5antiestrogen — an·ti·estrogen …
6antiestrogen — an•ti•es•tro•gen [[t]ˌæn tiˈɛs trə dʒən, ˌæn taɪ [/t]] n. med a drug or other substance that inhibits, counteracts, or modifies the biological effects of estrogen • Etymology: 1980–85 …
7antiestrogen — A substance that blocks the activity of estrogens, the family of hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female sex characteristics …
8antiestrogen — …
9V. Craig Jordan — Professor V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci …
10tamoxifen — /teuh mok seuh feuhn, fen /, n. Pharm. an antineoplastic drug, C26H29NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer. [1970 75; perh. T(RANS) + AM(INO) + OXY 2 + PHEN(YL), with resp. of y and ph] * * …