n :  a synthetic estrogen C₂₃H₂₁ClO₃ that is administered orally in the treatment of menopause-related conditions (as atrophic vaginitis and kraurosis vulvae), abnormal estrogen deficiency (as in hypogonadism), or in the palliative treatment of some prostate cancers .
 
 
 
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