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DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diethylstilboestrol mean?
• DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL (noun)
The noun DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL has 1 sense:
1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
Familiarity information: DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
DES; diethylstilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; stilbestrol; stilboestrol
Hypernyms ("diethylstilboestrol" is a kind of...):
estrogen; oestrogen (a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics)
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