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Definition of Oral contraceptive pill

1. Noun. A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oral Contraceptive Pill

Literary usage of Oral contraceptive pill

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)
"The major methods used in 1995 were female sterilization (18 percent) and the oral contraceptive pill (17 percent), followed by the male condom (13 percent) ..."

2. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"In addition, the most effective method of contraception and the method most commonly used by young women, the oral contraceptive pill, does not protect ..."

3. South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and ...by Olive Shisana, Thomas Rehle, Leickness Simbayi by Olive Shisana, Thomas Rehle, Leickness Simbayi (2008)
"... a significant association between HIV-1 infection and oral contraceptive pill use, with the strongest effect reported from studies conducted in Africa. ..."

4. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"... on sickle cell hemoglobin, on phenylketonuria, on the oral contraceptive pill, and on the immunotherapy of cancer. A striking feature of these articles, ..."

5. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"... on sickle cell hemoglobin, on phenylketonuria, on the oral contraceptive pill, and on the immunotherapy of cancer. A striking feature of these articles, ..."

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