“estrogen-receptor”

We have one entry that includes the term estrogen-receptor.

selective estrogen receptor modulator

noun

: any of a class of drugs (such as raloxifene or tamoxifen) that bind with estrogen receptors (as of the breast, uterus, or bone) and act as agonists to enhance estrogen activity in some tissues and as antagonists to inhibit estrogen activity in other tissues


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