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STILBOESTROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
Synonyms:
DES; diethylstilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; stilbestrol; stilboestrol
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stilboestrol" is a kind of...):
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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