(pharmacology) A synthetic estrogen drug C₁₈H₂₀O₂ used formerly to prevent miscarriage or premature delivery in humans and to promote growth in livestock. The medical use of diethystilbestrol was discontinued in the U.S. during the early 1970s due to its association with serious side effects (such as reproductive tract abnormalities and increased rates of infertility) in offspring exposed to the drug while developing in the uterus. It is no longer commercially available in the U.S. and its use is currently limited to specially compounded formulations for veterinary care.
distinguishability
distinguishability
noun
The state of being distinguishable.
hemibasidiomycetes
histocompatibility
histocompatibility
noun
The condition of being histocompatible
The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
hydrocobalticyanic
hydroxybutyricacid
hypercoagulability
hypercoagulability
noun
coagulation of blood faster than normal; especially an abnormally increased coagulability
hyperexcitableness
hyperobtrusiveness
inapprehensibility
inapprehensibility
noun
The quality of being inapprehensible.
interchangeability
interchangeability
noun
The quality of being interchangeable.
irreprehensibility
labyrinthibranchii
nonapproachability
nondistinguishably
nonexchangeability
nonexchangeability
noun
The property of not being exchangeable.
noninterchangeably
pharyngobranchiate
psychobiochemistry
telehydrobarometer
telehydrobarometer
noun
An instrument for indicating the level of water in a remote tank or reservoir.
thoracobronchotomy
thromboplastically
ultrabrachycephaly
ultrabrachycephaly
noun
brachycephaly to an even more extreme degree than hyperbrachycephaly
