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

1 sense of diethylstilbestrol

Sense 1
diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES -- (a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry)
       => estrogen, oestrogen -- (a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics)