Contraceptive

Quick meaning: Contraceptive is an adjective meaning That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

Meaning

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

More Meanings

1. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

Example Sentences

She was careful to take her contraceptive pill at the same time every day.

Putting a pig's bladder over one's penis before intercourse is not a good contraceptive.

This has led to the selection of 4-guanidinobenzoates with either acetamenophen or ethylparaben as the phenol moiety for clinical evaluation, because they are orders of magnitude more contraceptive than nonoxynol-9 and less irritating to the vagina.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available. […] Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness.

Word Forms

• contraceptives

Synonyms for contraceptive

Depending on context, synonyms include prophylactic, preventive, protective, preventative, antifertility.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antifertility, prophylactic, preventive, protective, preventative, birth.

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