Medical Dictionary

selective estrogen receptor modulator

noun

Medical Definition of SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR

:  any of a class of drugs (as raloxifene or tamoxifen) that bind with estrogen receptors and act as estrogen agonists in some tissues and estrogen antagonists in other tissues—abbreviation SERM

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