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    STILBOESTROL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    DES; diethylstilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; stilbestrol; stilboestrol

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("stilboestrol" 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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