estrogen antagonist

1. 1.

   an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer

   Synonymstamoxifen

   Broaderantagonist

Questions about estrogen antagonist

What does estrogen antagonist mean?

estrogen antagonist means "an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer".

What is another word for estrogen antagonist?

Close synonyms include tamoxifen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is estrogen antagonist a common word?

estrogen antagonist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.