BIRTH CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does birth control mean? 

• BIRTH CONTROL (noun)
  The noun BIRTH CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. limiting the number of children born

  Familiarity information: BIRTH CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRTH CONTROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Limiting the number of children born

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

birth control; birth prevention; family planning

Hypernyms ("birth control" is a kind of...):

planning (an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "birth control"):

coitus interruptus; onanism; pulling out; withdrawal; withdrawal method (a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation)

natural family planning (any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle)

contraception; contraceptive method (birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery)

 Context examples 

Birth control, also known as contraception, is designed to prevent pregnancy.

(Birth Control, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

A drug implant that acts as a birth control device and which is inserted under the skin for drug delivery into the body.

(Contraceptive Implant, NCI Thesaurus)

They may be used as a type of birth control and to treat symptoms of menopause, menstrual disorders, osteoporosis, and other conditions.

(Estrogen, NCI Dictionary)

Gossypol may also act as a male contraceptive (a type of birth control).

(Gossypol, NCI Dictionary)

An Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device is a form of birth control that involves an object placed in the uterus to prevent fertilization of the egg by sperm.

(Intrauterine device, NICHD)

It is also used to treat menstrual disorders and as a form of birth control.

(Medroxyprogesterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)

A device designed to prevent conception through local or systemic effect, such as a barrier contraceptive, an intrauterine device, or a means of preventing ovulation (e.g., birth control pill).

(Contraceptive Device, NCI Thesaurus)

You're at higher risk if you smoke, have many children, use birth control pills for a long time, or have HIV infection.

(Cervical Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Birth control pills can help prevent new cysts.

(Ovarian Cysts, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

Most birth control pills include estrogen and progestin.

(Birth control pill, NCI Dictionary)