Definitions for "Aromatase inhibitor"
Pronunciation: (a-ROW-ma-tays in-HIB-it-er) A medication that prevents the formation of estradiol, a female hormone, by interfering with an aromatase enzyme. Aromatase inhibitors are used as a type of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women who have hormone-dependent breast cancer. Examples of aromatase inhibitors include anastrozole (brand name: Arimidex), letrozole (brand name: Femara), and exemestane (brand name: Aromasin).
Drugs called aromatase inhibitors are a type of hormonal treatment that reduces the action of aromatase, an enzyme needed to make the hormone estrogen.
A kind of hormonal therapy that prevents the enzyme aromatase from producing estrogen.
a substance or combination of substances that inhibit the aromatization sequence at one or more points in the pathway
Substance that blocks the action of aromatase.