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diethylstilbestrol

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di·eth·yl·stil·bes·trol  (d-thl-stl-bstrôl, -trl)
n.
A synthetic nonsteroidal substance, C18H20O2, having estrogenic properties and used in the treatment of prostatic cancer. It was once used to treat menstrual disorders and to prevent miscarriage but is no longer prescribed for these cases because of the occurrence of reproductive abnormalities and cancers in the offspring of women so treated.
diethylstilbestrol  (d-thl-stl-bstrôl, -trl)
See DES.
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Noun1.diethylstilbestrol - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol
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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Certain risks associated with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) may be carried over to the next generation, according to results of a study of 463 women whose mothers had been exposed to DES prenatally and 330 whose mothers had not been exposed to the drug.
Can des risk be passed on? by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
For example, the genital cancers that were identified in young women, on average 19 years after their prenatal exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol, were seen in females who had appeared to be completely normal until that time (Herbst et al.
Anogenital distance and phthalate exposure: Swan et al. respond by Sullivam Shannon / Environmental Health Perspectives
For 1 month, most mice received drinking water laced with uranium or diethylstilbestrol (DES), an estrogen-mimicking drug.
Uranium, the newest 'hormone' by Science News
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