Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Des"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
DES
n 1: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock
and poultry [syn: {diethylstilbestrol}, {diethylstilboestrol},
{stilbestrol}, {stilboestrol}, {DES}]
2: 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 [syn: {diethylstilbesterol},
{DES}, {stilbesterol}]
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