tamoxifen citrate — A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer.By competing with naturally occurring estrogen for binding sites on tissue cells, tamoxifen inhibits the stimulant effect of estrogen on … Medical dictionary
tamoxifen — [tə mäk′sə fen΄] n. a synthetic hormone, C32H37NO10, used as an estrogen blocking drug to inhibit the growth of certain types of tumors, esp. in cases of advanced breast cancer: in full tamoxifen citrate … English World dictionary
tamoxifen — A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in women and men. It is also used to prevent breast cancer in women who have had ductal carcinoma in situ (abnormal cells in the ducts of the breast) and are at a high risk of developing breast… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Tamoxifen — Systematic (IUPAC) name (Z … Wikipedia
tamoxifen — ta·mox·i·fen ta mäk si .fen n a selective estrogen receptor modulator that acts as an estrogen antagonist in breast tissue and is administered orally in the form of its citrate C26H29NO·C6H8O7 esp. to treat breast cancer see NOLVADEX * * * n. a… … Medical dictionary
tamoxifen — noun Etymology: probably by recombination & alteration of trans , oxy, and clomiphene Date: 1972 an estrogen antagonist C26H29NO used in the form of its citrate especially to treat postmenopausal breast cancer … New Collegiate Dictionary
toremifene citrate — to·re·mi·fene cit·rate (torґə mĭ fēn″) an analogue of tamoxifen that acts as an estrogen antagonist, used in the palliative treatment of metastatic carcinoma of the breast; administered orally … Medical dictionary
Anovulation — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|N|97|0|n|80 ICD9 = ICD9|628.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 146 MeshID = D000858An anovulatory cycle is a cycle during which the ovaries fail… … Wikipedia
Oligospermia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N46 ICD 9 606.1 … Wikipedia
Anabolic steroid — cite journal author=Grishkovskaya I, Avvakumov GV, Sklenar G, Dales D, Hammond GL, Muller YA title=Crystal structure of human sex hormone binding globulin: steroid transport by a laminin G like domain journal=EMBO J. volume=19 issue=4… … Wikipedia
