antiandrogen
noun
an·ti·an·dro·gen
ˌan-tē-ˈan-drə-jən 
ˌan-ˌtī-
variants
or anti-androgen
plural antiandrogens or anti-androgens
: a substance (such as cyproterone) that tends to inhibit the production, activity, or effects of testosterone and other male sex hormones
… men with regional or metastatic disease are probably included in the analysis as suggested by the statistically different survival curves for men receiving immediate vs delayed antiandrogen therapy.—
P. C. Albertsen et al.
P. C. Albertsen et al.
antiandrogenic
ˌan-tē-ˌan-drə-ˈje-nik
adjective
ˌan-ˌtī-
or anti-androgenic
Many commercial chemicals possess antiandrogenic activity.
—J. Raloff
J. Raloff
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And Rettig says his team is now conducting an interim analysis of trial results on degarelix, another antiandrogen.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2021
Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2021
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antiandrogen
noun
an·ti·an·dro·gen
-ˈan-drə-jən
: a substance that tends to inhibit the production, activity, or effects of a male sex hormone
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