单词 | tamoxifen |
释义 | tamoxifen/təˈmɒksɪfɛn /noun [mass noun] Medicine A synthetic drug used to treat breast cancer and infertility in women. It acts as an oestrogen antagonist.The risk is small compared to the benefits of using tamoxifen to treat breast cancer....
Origin1970s: an arbitrary formation based on trans-, amine, oxy-2, phenol, elements of the drug's chemical name. |
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