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In nuclear medicine, an isotope that is the disintegration product of a radionuclide. See d. isotope, radionuclide generator. [O.E. dohtor]

- DES (diethylstilbestrol) d. the d. of a woman who received diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy; DES daughters are at risk of deformity, adenosis, and other epithelial changes of the vagina and cervix, including clear cell adenocarcinoma.

daugh·ter 'dȯt-ər n

1 a) a human female having the relation of child to a parent

b) a female offspring of an animal

2) an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element <radon is the \daughter of radium>

daughter adj

1) having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter

2) belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication <a \daughter cell> <\daughter chromosomes>