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DES
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DES
abbr.
1. data encryption standard
2. diethylstilbestrol
DES (in Britain)
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (former) Department of Education and Science
DES  (d-s)
Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.
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Noun1.DES - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
diethylstilbestrol, 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
2.DES - 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
diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol
nonsteroid, nonsteroidal - an organic compound that does no contain a steroid
Translations
DES abbr of Department of Education and Science → Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsministerium nt
DES [ˌdiːiːˈes] n abbr (Brit) =Department of Education and Science → ministero della Pubblica Istruzione
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