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clomiphene

American  
[klom-uh-feen, kloh-muh-] / ˈklɒm əˌfin, ˈkloʊ mə- /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a substance, C 26 H 28 ClNO, used for inducing ovulation in certain infertile women.

clomiphene British  
/ ˈkləʊmɪˌfiːn /

noun

  1. a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women

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Etymology

Origin of clomiphene

1960–65; c(h)lo(ro)- 2 + (a)mi(ne) + phen(yl), extracted from the chemical name

Example Sentences

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His team developed clomiphene in the late 1950s and published the results of its first clinical trials to stimulate ovulation in 1961.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

Over nearly 50 years, millions of women have become pregnant because of the relatively inexpensive drug clomiphene citrate, which the William S. Merrell Company began marketing as Clomid in 1967.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

Within eight weeks, both had ovulated while taking half the original doses of clomiphene.

From Time Magazine Archive

O'Herlihy prescribed high doses of the fertility drug clomiphene citrate but without result.

From Time Magazine Archive

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