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1. 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.artifact)
| hypernym | : | nonsteroid, nonsteroidal, |
| definition | : | an organic compound that does no contain a steroid (noun.substance) |
2. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry (noun.substance)
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