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ORAL CONTRACEPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oral contraception mean?
• ORAL CONTRACEPTION (noun)
The noun ORAL CONTRACEPTION has 1 sense:
1. contraception achieved by taking oral contraceptive pills
Familiarity information: ORAL CONTRACEPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contraception achieved by taking oral contraceptive pills
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("oral contraception" is a kind of...):
contraception; contraceptive method (birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery)
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