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Definition of Contraceptive
1. Adjective. Capable of preventing conception or impregnation. "Contraceptive devices and medications"
2. Noun. An agent or device intended to prevent conception.
Specialized synonyms: Cervical Cap, Coil, Condom, Prophylactic, Rubber, Safe, Safety, Contraceptive Diaphragm, Diaphragm, Pessary, Intrauterine Device, Iud, Morning-after Pill, Anovulant, Anovulatory Drug, Birth Control Pill, Contraceptive Pill, Oral Contraceptive, Oral Contraceptive Pill, Pill, Spermatocide, Spermicide
Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Preventive
Definition of Contraceptive
1. Adjective. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. ¹
2. Noun. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contraceptive
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Contraceptive
1. An agent that diminishes the likelihood of or prevents conception. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contraceptive
Literary usage of Contraceptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data From the 1995 by Joyce C. Abma, A. Chandra, W. Mosher, L. Peterson (1998)
"contraceptive Use Tables 38-48 show data for 1995 on the use of contraceptive
... The dramatic increase over time in contraceptive use at first intercourse, ..."
2. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"(63) Most women, Black or White, go to private physicians for help. generally
comparable patterns of contraceptive use, as do never married sexually active ..."
3. Demography: Textbook for the South African Student by Willem Petrus Mostert (1998)
"The present patterns of contraceptive use are partly a reflection of differences
in levels of access to modern methods of contraception in various regions ..."
4. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"(Baseline: Approximately 10 percent of women using reversible contraceptive
methods experienced an unintended pregnancy in 1982) Baseline data source: ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Clearly the same objection would be raised in the case of a male contraceptive
pill if it had to be taken day after day by fertile males for many years. ..."
6. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Trussell J, Kost K. contraceptive failure in the United Stales: a critical ...
Benl V. Cardiovascular disease mortality trends and oral contraceptive use in ..."
7. Fertility: Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS & Youth by Human Sciences Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council (Hsre, South Africa Dept. of Social Development (2003)
"The national average level of current contraceptive use is higher in urban areas
... At 98.8 per cent of all current contraceptive usage, the use of modern ..."
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