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stilbestrol::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | des, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilboestrol |
| Type of | estrogen, oestrogen |
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The mothers'use of stilbestrol is suspected of planting a hormonal time bomb that can be deadly 15 or 20 years later.
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The Boston investigators do not claim to have proved that stilbestrol treatment was the cause of the cancers.
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Ingraham has also suggested to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it forbid outright the prescribing of stilbestrol during pregnancy.
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- Diethylstilbestrol: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. Human exposure to DES occurred through diverse sources, such as dietary ingestion from supplemented cattle feed and medical treatment for certain conditions, including breast and prostate cancers. ...
