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carbestrol

carbestrol noun: a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen of the cyclohexenecarboxylic acid group, developed in the 1960s to treat prostate cancer, but never marketed.

Noun

carbestrol (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen of the cyclohexenecarboxylic acid group, developed in the 1960s to treat prostate cancer, but never marketed.

Questions about carbestrol

What does carbestrol mean?
Carbestrol means a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen of the cyclohexenecarboxylic acid group, developed in the 1960s to treat prostate cancer, but never marketed.
What part of speech is carbestrol?
Carbestrol is a noun.

Words near carbestrol in the dictionary

  1. carbenoxelone
  2. carbenoxolone
  3. carbenzide
  4. Carberry
  5. Carberrys
  6. carbestrol
  7. carbetamide
  8. carbetapentane
  9. carbethoxy
  10. carbethoxyl
  11. carbethoxylation

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