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English

fluoroestradiol

From fluoro- + estradiol.

Formed from fluoro- + estradiol

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun A radioactive diagnostic agent, an analog of estrogen used to detect estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer lesions.

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