A nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen. It was administered in the past in an attempt to prevent miscarriage. Abbreviated to DES.
also called stilbestrol - a synthetic hormone with estrogenic properties; a treatment of prostate cancer with activity against AIPC as well as ADPC
synthetic estrogen prescribed in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s to women to prevent miscarriage. Many male and female fetuses exposed in utero to this drug developed numerous deformities including blockage of the vas deferens, uterine abnormalities, cervical deformities, miscarriages, and unexplained infertility. DES was banned in 1971 by the FDA in the U.S. for pregnant women. DES daughter/son: the daughter/son of a woman who used DES. Research is also looking into effects on DES grandchildren.
A synthetic estrogen once used to prevent miscarriages, that is now known to increase the risk of certain cancers not only in the women who were given the drug, but their offspring. It is still occasionally used as a form of "morning-after" birth control.
A synthetic estrogen given to millions of pregnant women between 1938 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages. It is no longer used for that purpose.
(DIE-eth-uhl-STILL-buh-strawl) Form of synthetic estrogen once widely used as a hormone replacement. Women who took DES during pregnancy to prevent certain complications are at a slightly higher risk for breast cancer. Also called stilbestrol.
(die-eth-l-steh-BES-ter-ol) : a synthetic form of estrogen.
a synthetic estrogen, taken by women in the past to prevent miscarriages, that has been associated with infertility and other reproductive health problems in some male and female offspring.
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
a synthetic estrogen formerly thought to have prevented miscarriage, it may have caused certain problems, including infertility and vaginal adenosis in the offspring of the women who took the medication during pregnancy
A synthetic estrogen used occasionally as a "morning-after pill." Formerly thought to prevent miscarriage, it may have caused fertility problems in the offspring of women who took it.
DES A synthetic "female" hormone, it was once widely prescribed to prevent miscarriage. Women whose mothers were given diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage are at increased risk for developing cancer of the cervix.
A synthetic estrogen ( originally prescribed to prevent miscarriage ) that caused malformations of the reproductive organs in some women who were exposed to the drug during fetal development.
A drug given to pregnant women from the early 1940s until 1971 to help with common problems during pregnancy. The drug has been linked to cancer of the cervix or vagina in women whose mother took the drug while pregnant.
a colorless crystalline synthetic compound C18H20O2 used as a potent estrogen but contraindicated in pregnancy for its tendency to cause cancer or birth defects in offspring.
(dye-ETH-ul-stil-BES-trol): DES. A synthetic hormone that was prescribed from the early 1940s until 1971 to help women with complications of pregnancy. DES has been linked to an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the vagina in daughters of women who had used DES. DES may also increase the risk of breast cancer in women who used DES.
DES. A synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between about 1940 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages. DES may increase the risk of uterine, ovarian, or breast cancer in women who took it. DES also has been linked to an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the vagina or cervix in daughters exposed to DES before birth.
(dye-ETH-ul-stil-BES-trol): A drug that was once widely prescribed to prevent miscarriage. Also called DES.
Stilphostrol®: a synthetic, nonsteroidal compound used in the treatment of advanced prostate carcinoma
The earliest synthetic (man-made) form of the hormone estrogen . See the entire definition of Diethylstilbestrol
( die-eth-uhl-still- BES-trahl): a synthetic form of estrogen.
A synthetic estrogen (originally prescribed to prevent miscarriage) but contraindicated in pregnancy for its tendency to cause cancer or birth defects in offspring of the reproductive organs in some who were exposed to the drug during fetal development.
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a drug, an orally active synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. In 1971 it was found to be a teratogen when given to pregnant women.