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des

[ dey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.

DES

abbreviation for

diethylstilbestrol.

-des

a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek:
proboscides.

DES

abbreviation for

Department of Education and Science

DES

/ ��ŧ′ē-ĕ��′ /

Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.

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Origin of des¹

< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns

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Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Des, 77, said they were punched and kicked in a dispute over a small garden after emigrating to Asia.

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Looking at the odds for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, it isn't obvious that Galopin Des Champs is bidding to do something so rare.

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But he said Galopin Des Champs - affectionately nicknamed "the good one" by stable staff - will rank as the best of them all if he wins the Cheltenham Festival showpiece on Friday.

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