des

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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 Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

I guess I uz dess TALKIN' whens I said 'at! — Penrod, Booth Tarkington
Ej ro, ej lif, ej lycka finns I fjerran från dess strand. — Through Finland in Carts, Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie

diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol

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