hydroxytamoxifen

noun

A metabolite of tamoxifen; it is being considered as a therapy for breast cancer.

OriginEnglish tamoxifen ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← French oxygène →
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Meanings

nounhydroxytamoxifen (countable and uncountable, plural hydroxytamoxifens)

plural hydroxytamoxifens

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA metabolite of tamoxifen; it is being considered as a therapy for breast cancer.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  2. Frenchhydro-
  3. Frenchhydrogène
  4. Englishhydrogen
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  10. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  11. Frenchoxygène
  12. Englishoxygen
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. Englishhydroxyl
  15. Englishhydroxy-
  16. Englishtamoxifen
  17. Englishhydroxytamoxifen

From hydroxy- + tamoxifen.

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