The Meaning of des

• (noun) 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
• (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

Synonyms

diethylstilbestrol , diethylstilboestrol , stilbestrol , stilboestrol , DES , diethylstilbesterol , DES , stilbesterol , Delaware , Diamond State , First State , DE

Rhymes

bue , eh , heh , hsieh , industrielle , kreh , leh , lueh , moshe , pirouette , reh , skopje , sneh , yahweh , yeh , zeh