| 单词 |
stilboestrol |
| 释义 |
stilboestrolenUK
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | stilboestrol - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultryDES, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrolestrogen, oestrogen - a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics |
EncyclopediaSeediethylstilbestrolstilboestrolenUK
di·eth·yl·stil·bes·trol (DES) (dī-eth'il-stil-bes'trol) A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogenic compound; sometimes previously used as a postcoital antipregnancy agent to prevent implantation of the fertilized oocyte. The first demonstrated transplacental carcinogen responsible for a delayed clear-cell vaginal carcinoma in girls born to mothers who took the drug during pregnancy when it was erroneously thought to prevent miscarriage.
Synonym(s): stilboestrol. stilboestrol DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL, DES, a synthetic oestrogen drug similar in action to the natural hormone oestradiol (estradiol). Stilboestrol is used to treat cancer of the PROSTATE, some types of breast cancer and postmenopausal atrophic VAGINITIS. A brand name of a preparation used in pessary form is Tampovagan.di·eth·yl·stil·bes·trol (DES) (dī-eth'il-stil-bes'trol) A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogenic compound; formerly used as a postcoital antipregnancy agent to prevent implantation of the fertilized oocyte.
Synonym(s): stilboestrol. stilboestrolenUK
Related to stilboestrol: stilbestrolSynonyms for stilboestrolnoun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultrySynonyms- DES
- diethylstilbestrol
- diethylstilboestrol
- stilbestrol
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