contraceptive
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4.4
- noun
- /ˌkɒntrəˈsɛptɪv/
:
anticonceptivo
- She consulted her doctor about the best type of contraceptive for her needs.
- oral contraceptives
- emergency contraceptive
- effective contraceptives
Usually low dose estrogen sort of contraceptives are the culprit.
- Usually low dose estrogen sort of contraceptives are the culprit.
- This law says that employers have to provide contraceptives and abortion procedures to their employees.
- And that's the the long acting reversible contraceptives, the the implant and the IUD.
- I think probably my work on oral contraceptives led me there most directly.
- We have replace, like suppress and replace, which is the doses found in in contraceptives.
- Studies have also shown that women who are single and end up pregnant, whether it's on accident or however, on the breaks, contraceptives don't work whatever.
- Like the time that the contraceptive worked and it was perfect, or your amazing regular periods and how that is for you.
Examples
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So this depends on the type of oral contraceptive pill you are using.
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The male condom and oral contraceptives remain the most often used methods of birth control.
Academic text (1997) -
This is a female contraceptive.
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It's important to remind patients that this is not a contraceptive.
Academic text (2012) -
If sex education is not the whole answer, then perhaps easy access to contraceptives is.
Academic text (1993) -
We had always continued to use contraceptives, just to be safe.
Fiction book (1993) -
About 28% of women of reproductive age in the UK use oral contraceptives.
Academic text (2015) -
Similarly, there are now government incentives for smaller and healthier families, effective long-term contraceptives, and low infant mortality rates.
Academic text (1999) -
The law prohibited distributing contraceptives to unmarried individuals and only allowed physicians to distribute them to married persons.
Academic text (2017) -
Many couples choose to use a contraceptive to plan their families responsibly.
Synonyms
1
3.5
A way to prevent pregnancy, often using a device like a condom or a medicine like a pill
1
3.2
Something that stops a person from becoming pregnant
1
4.5
A thing that stops pregnancy, for example a pill or condom
1
6.4
Something people use to prevent pregnancy, like a condom or diaphragm
A thing people use to stop pregnancy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
3.6
A pill women take to prevent pregnancy by stopping the release of an egg
1
3.5
A way to prevent pregnancy, often using a device like a condom or a medicine like a pill
- Specialized
1
3.7
A pill taken by mouth that prevents a woman from becoming pregnant
A flexible cup inserted into the vagina to cover the opening to the womb and stop sperm entering
How Effective
- Specialized
22
4.9
- Specialized
1
3.9
2
3.5
37
4.4
- NSFW
442
2.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contraceptive comes from contra- 'against' and conceive 'to become pregnant', so as a noun a contraceptive is a drug, device, or method that works 'against' pregnancy.