Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diethylstilbesterol"
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diethylstilbesterol
n : 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: {DES}, {stilbesterol}]
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