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Pincus

(ˈpɪŋkəs)

(Biography) Gregory Goodwin. 1903–67, US physiologist, whose work on steroid hormones led to the development of the first contraceptive pill

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Pincus - United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Gregory Pincus

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