des

Noun des has 2 senses

• des(n = noun.substance) diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol - a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry;
is a kind of estrogen, oestrogen

• des(n = noun.artifact) diethylstilbesterol, 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;
is a kind of nonsteroid, nonsteroidal