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stilbestrol

British

/ stɪlˈbiːstrəl /

noun

another name for diethylstilbestrol

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Etymology

Origin of stilbestrol

C20: from _stilbene + _oestrus + _-ol ¹

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So, by the FDA's top-hazard figures, a roast-caponette fancier would get only a minute fraction of a milligram of stilbestrol if he ate all the skin fat and liver.

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The significance of his case is that this once, at least, stilbestrol helped the human body to destroy a prostatic cancer and not merely arrest it.

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Medical doses of stilbestrol for human patients cover a wide range beginning at .1 mg. daily, but often run to 15 mg. daily, and may go as high as 125 mg.

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After 15 weeks' treatment he was able to go back to work, taking daily doses of stilbestrol.

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Food and Drug Administration that it forbid outright the prescribing of stilbestrol during pregnancy.

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