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 DES /ˌdi(ˌ)iˈɛs/
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 DES
      n 1: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock
           and poultry [syn: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol,
            stilbestrol, stilboestrol]
      2: 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 [syn: diethylstilbesterol,
          stilbesterol]