des

Noun, Preposition

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des(n = noun.substance) diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry; Array

is a kind of estrogen, oestrogen

des(n = noun.artifact) diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol - 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; Array

is a kind of nonsteroid, nonsteroidal

des, abbr. (in the UK) Department of Education and Science.

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