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DIETHYLSTILBESTROL

Dictionary entry overview: What does diethylstilbestrol mean?

• DIETHYLSTILBESTROL (noun)
The noun DIETHYLSTILBESTROL has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: DIETHYLSTILBESTROL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIETHYLSTILBESTROL (noun)

Sense 1

diethylstilbestrol ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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 ("diethylstilbestrol" 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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