DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

Synonyms:

DES; diethylstilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; stilbestrol; stilboestrol

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("diethylstilboestrol" 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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