1) Des 2) Diethylstilboestrol 3) Stilbestrol 4) Stilboestrol
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nonsteroidal synthethic estrogen used as a drug and formerly used to promote growth of livestock. Unlike natural estrogens, DES remains active ... [3 related articles]
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A synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between about 1940 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages. Diethylstilbestrol may increase the risk of uterine, ovarian, or breast cancer in women who took it. It also has been linked to an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the vagina or cervix i...
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<drug> A synthetic oestrogen (originally prescribed to prevent miscarriage) that caused malformations of the reproductive organs in some who were exposed to the drug during foetal development. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(DES) (di-eth″әl-stil-bes´trol) a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen used for palliative treatment of prostatic carcinoma and sometimes advanced breast carcinoma. It was formerly used to relieve vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause, and in primary ovarian failure, female hypogonad...
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(DES) Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-eth′il-stil-bes′trol Definitions: 1. A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogenic compound. Sometimes used as a postcoital antipregnancy agent to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum. The first demonstrated transplacental carcinogen responsible for a delayed clear cell vaginal carcinoma in fe...
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Diethylstilbestrol: The earliest synthetic (man-made) form of the hormone estrogen. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was once widely prescribed to prevent miscarriages and premature births. Its usage was standard practice in the 1950s and 1960s. Millions of women received the drug. Girls whose mothers were given DES during pregnancy ('DES daughters') were ...
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n] - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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diethylstilboestrol noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, CHO, used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposur......
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