stilbestrol meaning

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stilbestrol (noun): a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.

Spelling: stilboestrol (British) · stilbestrol (American)

Definition of stilbestrol

  1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

    Synonyms: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilboestrol, DES

    Type of: estrogen

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in OL · 11-letter words

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