CLOMIPHENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clomiphene mean? 

• CLOMIPHENE (noun)
  The noun CLOMIPHENE has 1 sense:

1. a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births

  Familiarity information: CLOMIPHENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOMIPHENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Clomid; clomiphene; clomiphene citrate

Hypernyms ("clomiphene" is a kind of...):

fertility drug (a drug used to increase a woman's fertility)

 Context examples 

Enclomiphene has a higher rate of clearance and is less active than the cis-isomer, cis-clomiphene.

(Enclomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)

Clomiphene has both estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activities that compete with estrogen for binding at estrogen receptor sites in target tissues.

(Clomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)

The orally bioavailable citrate salt of enclomiphene, the trans-isomer of the nonsteroidal triphenylethylene compound clomiphene, with tissue-selective estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities.

(Enclomiphene Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The citrate salt form of clomiphene, a triphenylethylene nonsteroidal ovulatory stimulant evaluated for antineoplastic activity against breast cancer.

(Clomiphene Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Clomiphene citrate has been evaluated for antineoplastic activity against breast cancer.

(Enclomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)

The trans-isomer of clomiphene citrate (CC).

(Enclomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)