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tamoxifen

[tuh-mok-suh-fuh n, ‐fen]
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noun Pharmacology.
  1. an antineoplastic drug, C26H29NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
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Origin of tamoxifen

1970–75; perhaps t(rans)- + am(ino)- + oxy-2 + phen(yl), with respelling of y and ph
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British Dictionary definitions for tamoxifen

tamoxifen

noun
  1. a drug that antagonizes the action of oestrogen and is used to treat breast cancer and some types of infertility in women
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Word Origin

C20: altered from t (rans-) + am (ine) + oxy- ² + phen (ol)
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tamoxifen

[tə-mŏk′sə-fĕn]
  1. An estrogen antagonist drug used to treat advanced breast cancer in women whose tumors are estrogen-dependent and to prevent breast cancer in some women who are at high risk.
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