Definition of "diethylstilbesterol" []

• Common misspelling of diethylstilbestrol‎. (noun)

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• "Everyone in this field is mindful of the long-running tragedy of vaginal and other cancers and male urinary disorders that resulted from the last drug thought to prevent premature birth - a synthetic estrogen called diethylstilbesterol, or DES."
• "DES (diethylstilbesterol) was a form of sythetic estrogen prescribed for pregnant women who were at risk for miscarriage, from about 1938 - 1971."
• "Furthermore, for females superior resistance to compression fractures was observed in the groups receiving daidzein and diethylstilbesterol."