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DES

In computing, abbreviation for Data Encryption Standard.



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Certain risks associated with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) may be carried over to the next generation, according to results of a study of 463 women whose mothers had been exposed to DES prenatally and 330 whose mothers had not been exposed to the drug.
For example, the genital cancers that were identified in young women, on average 19 years after their prenatal exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol, were seen in females who had appeared to be completely normal until that time (Herbst et al.
For 1 month, most mice received drinking water laced with uranium or diethylstilbestrol (DES), an estrogen-mimicking drug.
 
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