des

Noun
  1. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry (synset 114774301)
    is a type of: estrogen, oestrogen - a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
    same as: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol
  2. 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 (synset 103198566)
    is a type of: nonsteroid, nonsteroidal - an organic compound that does no contain a steroid
    same as: diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol

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