Definition of Gregory Pincus

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

Exact synonyms: Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Pincus
Generic synonyms: Physiologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gregory Pincus

Gregg
Gregg Shorthand
Gregor
Gregor Mendel
Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar month
Gregorian chant
Gregorian mode
Gregorian telescope
Gregory
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
Gregory I
Gregory John Norman
Gregory Nazianzen
Gregory Pincus (current term)
Gregory VII
Gregory XIII
Gregory of Nazianzen
Gregory the Great
Gregson
Greig
Greig's syndrome
Grenada
Grenada dollar
Grenadian
Grenadines
Grenoble
Gresham
Gresham's Law

Literary usage of Gregory Pincus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"... George A. Harrop Ales'Hrdlicka Alfred C. Kinsey Table of contents (1 p.). Accessioned, 1976. Jacques Loeb Karl A. Menninger Gregory Pincus PA Shaffer ..."

2. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"... the radical geneticist HJ Muller, and WJ Crozier, teacher of BF Skinner and Gregory Pincus, developer of the birth control pill.5 5. ..."

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