Definition of diethylstilboestrol in English:
diethylstilboestrol
(US diethylstilbestrol)
noundʌɪˌɛθɪlstɪlˈbiːstrɒldʌɪˌiːθʌɪlstɪlˈbiːstrɒldīˌeTHəlstilˈbestrôl
another term for stilboestrol
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, a small number of women who were exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogenic drug, developed vaginal cancer as young girls.
- Ongoing epidemiological studies suggest a slightly increased threat of breast cancer in women exposed to synthetic diethylstilbestrol.
- They were compared with diethylstilboestrol, a steroidal oestrogen, as a positive control.
- In the 1940s and 1950s, another estrogen, diethylstilbestrol, was widely given to Western women early in their pregnancies in a misguided attempt to prevent miscarriage.
- Farmers have given the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol to cattle, effectively chemically castrating male animals.