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diethylstilbestrol: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry diethylstilbesterol: 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
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| descending |
descending(a): coming down or downward
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| descending aorta |
the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae
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| desalination |
the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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| descend |
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" derive: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" condescend: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity fall: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
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