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TeachMeFinance.com - explain aromatase inhibitor aromatase inhibitor
(a-ROW-ma-tays in-HIB-it-er) A drug 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.
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