Diethylstilbestrol Definition
dī-ĕthəl-stĭl-bĕstrôl, -trōl
noun
A synthetic estrogen, C18H20O2, used as a substitute for natural estrogens: a probable carcinogen now banned by the FDA as a food supplement for fattening cattle.
Webster's New World
An orally-active synthetic nonsteroidal oestrogen, first synthesized in 1938 and withdrawn in the 1970s on being identified as a teratogen.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- stilboestrol
- stilbestrol
- diethylstilboestrol
- des
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