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DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= 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
see
Verb
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You see something when you look at it with your eyes.
She turned her head up and saw clouds in the sky.
I can't see the words in this book because the writing is too small and I don't have my glasses.
see
Noun
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A diocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal
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The office of a bishop or archbishop or cardinal.
Venice is the see of a cardinal.
The Pope is the bishop of the see of Rome.