contraceptive pill

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Related to contraceptive pill: Morning after pill, Emergency contraceptive pill

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Noun

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

anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control 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

Antibabypille

contraceptive pill

n → pillola anticoncezionale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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But the IDF and the Defense Ministry have recently changed their policy, and female recruits can now receive the contraceptive pill within a matter of hours of having unprotected sex by calling a support hotline, available all year round, including weekends and holidays.

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There is no contraceptive pill which is known to exist that can cause infertility or sub fertility by simply being added to food, Consultant Physician Dr.

Doctors: There is no contraceptive pill that can cause infertility by adding to food

A woman in her 20s surnamed Lee said she would get frustrated thinking about a recent visit to an obstetricians and gynecologists (ob/gyn) clinic for an emergency contraceptive pill. "I went there because I needed the pill, nothing else," she said with her boyfriend of six months.

'I want autonomy, not patronization or condemnation'

A large Swedish study has found that women who take the oral contraceptive pill are at reduced risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

Lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis with oral contraceptive pill

(*) Duogynon is a brand of emergency contraceptive pill produced by a pharmaceutical company in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) that, because of reported strong side effects, has not been authorized for use in the DRC since the 1990s.

Awareness and Perceptions of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Among Women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

340 healthy women aged between 18 and 35 were treated randomly over the course of three months with either pills with no effect (placebos) or contraceptive pills containing ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel, the most common form of combined contraceptive pill in Sweden and many other countries.

Oral contraceptives reduce general well-being in healthy women

Dr Sarah Branch, deputy director of MHRA's vigilance and risk management of medicines division, said: "This is important new advice for women who want to use the emergency contraceptive pill."