DES as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • diethylstilbesterol (what does diethylstilbesterol mean?)
   • stilbesterol (what does stilbesterol mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) DES is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nonsteroid (what does nonsteroid mean?)
   • nonsteroidal (what does nonsteroidal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
   Synonym(s)
   • diethylstilbestrol (what does diethylstilbestrol mean?)
   • diethylstilboestrol (what does diethylstilboestrol mean?)
   • stilbestrol (what does stilbestrol mean?)
   • stilboestrol (what does stilboestrol mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) DES is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • estrogen (what does estrogen mean?)
   • oestrogen (what does oestrogen mean?)