tamoxifen

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tamoxifen has 1 sense

tamoxifen(n = noun.artifact) estrogen antagonist - an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer;

is a kind of antagonist

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tamoxifen, n.

a chemical compound (C26H29NO) which is non-steroidal but physiogically active as an estrogen antagonist. It is used to treat postmenopausal breast cancer. Chemically it is 1-p-dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl-trans-1,2-diphenyl-but-1-ene. It can be obtained as a white crystalline powder. [PJC]