or chiefly Brit  stil*boes*trol  n 1  :  a crystalline synthetic derivative C₁₄H₁₂O₂ of stilbene that differs from the related diethylstilbestrol in lack of the ethyl groups and in possession of only slight estrogenic activity  2  :  DIETHYLSTILBESTROL .
 
   
 
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