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Diethylstilboestrol

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Noun

1. des, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

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Diethylstilboestrol

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noun
a synthetic hormone with oestrogenic properties, used to relieve menopausal symptoms. Formula: OHC6H4CH:CHC6H4OH
. Also called: stilbestrol, stilboestrol

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Diethylstilboestrol

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noun
a synthetic estrogen, C18H20O2, used as a substitute for natural estrogens: a probable carcinogen now banned by the FDA as a food supplement for fattening cattle
abbrev. DES

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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