carbestrol

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noun

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

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Meanings

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