Definition of Birth control

1. Noun. Limiting the number of children born.


Definition of Birth control

1. Noun. Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. ¹

2. Noun. Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (gloss such as abortion or preventing conception). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Birth control

1. Restriction of the number of offspring by means of contraceptive measures, projects, programs, or methods to control reproduction, by either improving or diminishing fertility. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Birth Control

birsiest
birsle
birsled
birsles
birsling
birsy
birt
birth
birth-control campaigner
birth-control reformer
birth amputation
birth certificate
birth certificates
birth chair
birth control (current term)
birth control device
birth control pill
birth father
birth fathers
birth fracture
birth injuries
birth mother
birth mothers
birth order
birth palsy
birth pang

Literary usage of Birth control

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

1. Free speech bibliography: including every discovered attitude toward the by Theodore Albert Schroeder (1922)
"Medical World; republished in birth control Review 2:10-13 and 16 Oct. 1918 Quotes ... Sanger, Margaret H. Case for birth control; a supplementary brief and ..."

2. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"If the birth-control exercised by individual parents could itself be ... Thus birth-control is like an automobile. It can convey us rapidly in any direction ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Book Reviews The Campaign for Contraception birth control in America. The Career of Margaret Sanger. DAVID M. KENNEDY. Yale University Press, New Haven, ..."

4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"birth control among the poor is needed for themselves but birth release among ... Excessive birth control by those well able to have families sufficient for ..."

5. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1993)
"birth control Pills Studies show that women who use high-dose birth control pills (oral ... These risks are lessened once the birth control pill is stopped. ..."

6. You'll Learn Not to Cry: Child Combatants in Colombia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Sebastian Brett (2003)
"17 birth control and Abortion Girls in the guerrilla forces have little chance of ... That was the only birth control I ever used. If you get pregnant, ..."

7. Free speech bibliography: including every discovered attitude toward the by Theodore Albert Schroeder (1922)
"Medical World; republished in birth control Review 2:10-13 and 16 Oct. 1918 Quotes ... Sanger, Margaret H. Case for birth control; a supplementary brief and ..."

8. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"If the birth-control exercised by individual parents could itself be ... Thus birth-control is like an automobile. It can convey us rapidly in any direction ..."

9. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Book Reviews The Campaign for Contraception birth control in America. The Career of Margaret Sanger. DAVID M. KENNEDY. Yale University Press, New Haven, ..."

10. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"birth control among the poor is needed for themselves but birth release among ... Excessive birth control by those well able to have families sufficient for ..."

11. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1993)
"birth control Pills Studies show that women who use high-dose birth control pills (oral ... These risks are lessened once the birth control pill is stopped. ..."

12. You'll Learn Not to Cry: Child Combatants in Colombia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Sebastian Brett (2003)
"17 birth control and Abortion Girls in the guerrilla forces have little chance of ... That was the only birth control I ever used. If you get pregnant, ..."

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