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diethylstilboestrol

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Noun1.diethylstilboestrol - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
DES, diethylstilbestrol, 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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This flawed science has resulted, for instance, in the drug diethylstilboestrol or stilboestrol, a synthetic ostrogen for checking cancer of the prostrate and preventing miscarriages but was found to cause transplacental cancer twenty years after the drug was first marketed (pp.
Pietro Croce, Vivisection or Science? An Investigation into Testing ... by Islam & Science
Effects of p-nonylphenel (NP) and diethylstilboestrol (DES) on the Alderley Park (Alpk) rat: comparison of mammary gland and uterus sensitivity following oral garage or implanted minipumps.
The intact immature rodent uterotrophic bioassay: possible effects on ... by Tinwell, Helen / Environmental Health Perspectives
Diethylstilboestrol in the management of psychopathological states in males.
The Treatment of Sexual Deviation Using a Pharmacological Approach by Bradford, John McDonald Wilson / The Journal of Sex Research
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