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DES
DES /ˌdɪ/
noun
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(
)
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
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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
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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