des
(noun)
noun
1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
Similar word(s): diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol
Definition categories: substance, estrogen, oestrogen
2. 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
Definition categories: man–made, nonsteroid, nonsteroidal