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noun

1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
   • synonyms: DES / diethylstilbestrol / diethylstilboestrol / stilbestrol
   • more generic: 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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Undergraduate Surgery

by A.K. Nan

Stilboestrol is the dnvg most commonly used. The dose ...

The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease (2005)

by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson

For example, stilboestrol is a synthetic form of oestrogen that was tried in the 1960s as a treatment for recurrent miscarriage. It can be safely used as a replacement oestrogen in non-pregnant adult women but if a female fetus is exposed to it, ...

The Chambers Dictionary (1998)

by Allied Chambers

stilbestrol See stilboestrol. stilbite slil' bit, n a pearly zeolite. [ Gr stilbein to shine] stilboestrol or (US) stilbestrol stil-bes'irsl,na synthetic oestrogen. [Gr slilbos glistening and oestrus] stile1 stil, n a step, or set of steps, built into ...

Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents (1999)

Properties and Synonyms by Dr. Ian Morton, Ian K. M. Morton, Judith M. Hall, Dr. Judith Hall

tsan ANTHELMINTIC stilbestrol diphosphate - fosrestrol Stilboestrol [BAN) ( diethylstilbestrol IINN.USAN); DES...

Lewisʼ Dictionary of Toxicology (1998)

by Robert Alan Lewis

stilboestrol. diethylstilbestrol.

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2005)

by Bruce Anderson, Ann de Peyster, Shayne C. Gad, P.J. Bert Hakkinen, Michael Kamrin, Betty Locey, Harihara M. Mehendale, Carey Pope, Lee Shugart

resveratrol 2:252 Stilbestrolsee Diethylstilbestrol StilbetinseeDiethylstilbestrol Stilboestroform see Diethylstilbestrol Stilboestrol see Diethylstilbestrol Stilboffral see Diethylstilbestrol Stilkapsee Diethylstilbestrol Stillomicinsee Puromicin Stilrol ...

Chembers 21 Century Dictionary

by Allied

stilboestrol or -.

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