Des - Definition
des
n 1: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for
livestock and poultry [syn: diethylstilbestrol,
diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol,
DES]
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 [syn: diethylstilbesterol, DES,
stilbesterol]