oral contraceptive pill
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈɔrəl ˌkɒntrəˈsɛptɪv pɪl/
- Specialized
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pastilla anticonceptiva
- Epilepsy can affect contraception, as some anti-epilepsy drugs (e.g., phenytoin) interfere with the combined oral contraceptive pill, meaning that a higher dose pill is needed.
- combined oral contraceptive pill
So this depends on the type of oral contraceptive pill you are using.
- So this depends on the type of oral contraceptive pill you are using.
Examples
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Combined oral contraceptive pill.
Academic text (2012) -
A 28-year-old woman complains of postcoital and intermenstrual bleeding since starting on her oral contraceptive pill.
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So this depends on the type of oral contraceptive pill you are using.
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Contraceptive as she is taking the combined oral contraceptive pill.
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The combined oral contraceptive pill is absolutely contraindicated in migraine with aura.
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Nobody is proposing to deny birth control to anybody other than IUDs and hormonal contraceptives, including the oral contraceptive pill and the "morning after" pill.
Blog text (25) -
For example, in autumn 1995, there was controversy about the combined oral contraceptive pill: 29 doctors objected because they had been given conclusions derived from relative risk calculations before the full details were available for them to consider how the data applied to individual patients.
Academic text (1999) -
Keywords: intonation, vibrato rate, vibrato extent, menstrual cycle, oral contraceptive pill
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Method: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial assessing the effects of the menstrual cycle and the use of a combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP) on pitch control in singing is presented.
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Many women take an oral contraceptive pill to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
Synonyms
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4.4
Something used to stop a woman from becoming pregnant, like a pill or condom
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2.7
A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
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3.6
A pill women take to prevent pregnancy by stopping the release of an egg
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3.5
A small pill you take to stop pregnancy
A birth control pill that stops the release of an egg to prevent pregnancy
A pill that stops the release of an egg to prevent pregnancy
How Effective
- Specialized
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3.9
- Specialized
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3.7
- NSFW
442
2.8
- NSFW
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6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
oral + contraceptive + pill
The meaning 'a pill taken by mouth that prevents pregnancy' is directly and compositionally derived from 'oral' (by mouth) + 'contraceptive' (prevents pregnancy) + 'pill' (a tablet). This modifier-head sequence is a straightforward, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Oral contraceptive pill is a literal name: oral means 'by mouth', contraceptive means 'preventing pregnancy', and pill is a small tablet you swallow. So the name simply means a small tablet you take by mouth to prevent pregnancy.