A drug that blocks the action of androgens (male sex hormones). Antiandrogens are sometimes used in the treatment of prostate cancer. The antiandrogens currently available include flutamide (Eulexin), bicalutamide (Casodex), and nilutamide (Nilandron).

A substance that keeps androgens (male hormones) from binding to proteins called androgen receptors, which can be found in prostate cells and cells of some other tissues. Treatment with antiandrogens [..]

n. a substance that inhibits or blocks the effects of androgenic hormones on the tissues and areas that they were intended to affect. May function by way of pharmacology, by modifying the process of a [..]

A drug that blocks or interferes with the activity of male sex hormones.

Definition: (an-tee-AN-dro-jen): A hormone antagonist, used to interfere with the action of androgen in hormone therapy. See antagonist.

A substance which interferes with the function of an androgen, or male sex hormone, by taking over the androgen's receptors. (09 Oct 1997)

An antiandrogen blocks the effects of androgens, normally by blocking the receptor sites.

Drugs used to block the production of male hormones. Antiandrogens include bicalutamide, cyproterone acetate, and flutamide (Eulexin).

A drug that blocks the effects of the male hormone (testosterone), often used in the treatment of prostate cancer

a hormone or other substance that replaces androgen within the nuclei of target cells, or excludes its entry. It inhibits the secretion of testosterone from the testis and is itself either biologicall [..]