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diethylstilbestrol definition

di·ethyl·stil·bes·trol (-stil bes′trôl′, -trōl′)

noun

a synthetic estrogen, CHO, used as a substitute for natural estrogens: a probable carcinogen now banned by the FDA as a food supplement for fattening cattle: abbrev. DES

Etymology: diethyl- (< di- + ethyl) + stilbestrol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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