DES
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9.9
- noun
- /diː iː ɛs/
- Specialized
- At week 5, the expression level of DNMT3A was significantly increased in the DES group compared with the vehicle group, but at week 10, DNMT3A was lower in the DES group than in the vehicle group (Figure 5A).
- neonatal DES
- DES treatment
- DES group
Examples
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On the other hand, MIT actually kept supporting DES up until two years ago, which is a little unfortunate, but now they don't, so that's good.
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This is extremely important because the functions share the DES engine, SHA-1 engine, PRNG, dataflow, and interface with the processor unit.
Academic text (1999) -
I know my des doesn't have a lot of time left.
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He was reported as saying with regards to DES, we can give too little, but we cannot give too much.
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And in a subset of women, their farm, their biochemistry was such that a lot of the DES was converted to androgens.
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It was immediately apparent to the Agency, moreover, that the ramifications of the DES crisis went far beyond the specific substance involved.
Academic text (1996) -
At week 5, the expression level of DNMT3A was significantly increased in the DES group compared with the vehicle group, but at week 10, DNMT3A was lower in the DES group than in the vehicle group (Figure 5A).
Academic text (2014) -
These findings suggest that alterations in gene expression of these epigenetic modifiers are correlated with changes in methylation status seen with neonatal DES treatment.
Academic text (2014) -
Within asynchronous operations, the CAP will request services of the DAC to perform functions such as hashing, DES encryption, random number generation, and other synchronous operations.
Academic text (1999) -
Diethylstilbestrol, or DES, was once prescribed to pregnant women to prevent complications during pregnancy.
Synonyms
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A man-made strong female sex hormone once used in medicine and in animal feed
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A strong man-made female hormone once used as medicine and to make farm animals grow faster
A synthetic female hormone once given to women and animals, later linked to cancer in daughters of treated women
A man-made female hormone once given to women, later linked to cancer in their daughters
Compounds
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A large strong dog with rough fur from Belgium that guards and herds cattle
A World War I battle in France in May 1918 where a German attack first succeeds but later fails
Surface Forms
Etymology
DES comes from the chemical name diethylstilbestrol, made from the first letters D-E-S, and it was a 'man-made' form of the hormone estrogen used in medicine and farming. So DES is now mainly remembered for the serious health risks it caused.