des

Meanings

• a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• 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
• a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
• DES prep of the -- used in names

Synonyms

• diethylstilbestrol
• diethylstilboestrol
• stilbestrol
• stilboestrol
• DES
• diethylstilbesterol
• stilbesterol
• Delaware
• Diamond State
• First State
• DE

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