Množina: diethylstilbestrols
A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry; SYN. diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES.
A colorless crystalline synthetic compound C18H20O2 used as a potent estrogen but contraindicated in pregnancy for its tendency to cause cancer or birth defects in offspring — called also DES, stilbestrol.