STILBESTROL

stilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, diethylstilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

stilbestrol (countable and uncountable, plural stilbestrols)

(organic compound) A synthetic estrogen used to treat infertility in animals

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1 March 2025

AROMATIC

(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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