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Teratogen vs Diethylstilbestrol - What's the difference?

teratogen | diethylstilbestrol |

As nouns the difference between teratogen and diethylstilbestrol

is that teratogen is (teratology) any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects while diethylstilbestrol is an orally-active synthetic nonsteroidal oestrogen, first synthesized in 1938 and withdrawn in the 1970s on being identified as a teratogen.

teratogen

English

(wikipedia teratogen)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (teratology) Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

    • See also

    *carcinogen *mutagen

    diethylstilbestrol

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia diethylstilbestrol)
  • An orally-active synthetic nonsteroidal oestrogen, first synthesized in 1938 and withdrawn in the 1970s on being identified as a teratogen.

    • Synonyms

    * DES