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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A nonsteroidal drug that inhibits the enzyme aromatase, C17H11N5, used to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

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  • noun medicine An aromatase inhibitor used in the treatment of some breast cancers

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[le-, of unknown origin + alteration of triazole.]

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