Meanings
nountamoxifen (countable and uncountable, plural tamoxifens)
plural tamoxifens
- countableuncountablemedicineA nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer and infertility in women.
Treatment with tamoxifen after surgery reduced cancer relapse rates by nearly 50 percent.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 4
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
Similar
estrogen antagonist
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englisht(rans)-
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Englisham(ine)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
- Englishoxy-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphen(yl)
- Englishtamoxifen
From t(rans)- + am(ine) + oxy- + phen(yl).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tamoxifè
- tamoxifèTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 他莫昔芬
- 他莫昔芬 (tāmòxīfēn)Translations
Finnish tamoksifeeni
- tamoksifeeniTranslations
Russian тамоксифен
- тамоксифен (tamoksifen)Translations
Spanish tamoxifeno
- tamoxifenoTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
tamoxifen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamoxifen
MLA
“tamoxifen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamoxifen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tamoxifen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamoxifen.
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