what does diethylstilbesterol mean?

DIETHYLSTILBESTEROL as NOUN

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)
- DES (what does DES mean?)
- stilbesterol (what does stilbesterol mean?)
Hypernyms(s) diethylstilbesterol 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?)