des

Noun

• 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

• a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  diethylstilbesterol , DES , stilbesterol , diethylstilbestrol , diethylstilboestrol , stilbestrol , stilboestrol