ospemifene

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ [Term?] +‎ -mifene (“clomifene derivative”).

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Noun

ospemifene (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) An oral medication used to treat dyspareunia.
   • 2015 August 28, Hyun-Kyung Kim et al., “The Recent Review of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause”, in Journal of Menopausal Medicine‎^[1], volume 21, →DOI:

     While raloxifene and tamoxifen have no estrogen agonist effect on the vagina, lasofoxifene and ospemifene show a positive impact on vaginal tissue in postmenopausal women.