anovulant

an·ov·u·lant

(ăn′ŏv′yə-lənt)

A drug that suppresses ovulation.

[an- + ovul(ation) + -ant.]

an·ov′u·lant adj.

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anovulant

(ænˈɒvjʊlənt) med

any drug preventing ovulation

adj

preventing ovulation

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an•ov•u•lant

(ænˈɒv yə lənt, -ˈoʊ vyə-)

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by a lack of or suppression of ovulation.

2. a substance that suppresses ovulation.

[1965–70]

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Noun

anovulant - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill

birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, preventative, preventive - an agent or device intended to prevent conception

Demulen - trade name for an oral contraceptive

Enovid - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel

Loestrin - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone

Lo/Ovral - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel

Micronor - trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone

Modicon - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone

Norinyl - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol

Norlestrin - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone

Nor-Q-D - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone

Ovocon - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone

Ovral - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel

Ovrette - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel

Ovulen - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound

Lipo-Lutin, progesterone - a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

Translations

anovulant

n (Med) → Ovulationshemmer m

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(71) Then Janssens breaks ranks with his fellow moralists and argues that the use of anovulant drugs are no different in intentionality from using a "natural" method that depends on a woman's infertile period.

Vatican II and theological ethics

For instance, it helps to explain what a woman is really doing in a properly moral sense when she takes an anovulant pill and tries to explain it in terms of the ulterior end of promoting marital unity instead of the proximate end of preventing procreation, which more plausibly explains the reason why she takes such a pill or inserts a diaphragm.

A reading of Aquinas in support of Veritatis Splendor on the moral object

Pincus was the inventor of the first anovulant oral contraceptive--the birth control pill.