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DES
DES
/ˌdɪ/
noun
(
)
A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
(
diethylstilboestrol
,
stilbestrol
,
stilboestrol
,
DES
,
diethylstilbestrol
)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
Synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
(
DES
,
diethylstilbesterol
,
stilbesterol
)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
DE
DE
/ˈdeɪ, də/
noun
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
(
DE
,
Del.
,
Delaware
,
Diamond State
,
First State
)
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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