Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diethylstilbesterol

1 sense of diethylstilbesterol

Sense 1
diethylstilbesterol, DES, stilbesterol -- (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)
       => nonsteroid, nonsteroidal -- (an organic compound that does no contain a steroid)