Medical Definition of Designer oestrogen

1. An engineered drug that possesses some, but not all, of the actions of oestrogen. Designer oestrogens are selective oestrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs). For example, raloxifene (trade name Evista) is classified as a SERM because it prevents bone loss (like oestrogen) and lowers serum cholesterol (like oestrogen) but (unlike oestrogen) does not stimulate the endometrial lining of the uterus. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Designer Oestrogen

designations
designative
designator
designators
designatory
designatum
designed
designed(a)
designedly
designee
designees
designer
designers
designer drug
designer drugs
designer oestrogen (current term)
designing
designings
designment
designments
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design criteria
design denture
desilver
desilvered
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desine
desined
desinence

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