ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oral contraceptive mean? 

• ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE (noun)
  The noun ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE has 1 sense:

1. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

  Familiarity information: ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill

Hypernyms ("oral contraceptive" is a kind of...):

birth control device; contraceptive; contraceptive device; preventative; preventive; prophylactic device (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)

Meronyms (substance of "oral contraceptive"):

Lipo-Lutin; progesterone (a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oral contraceptive"):

Demulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive)

Enovid (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel)

Loestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Lo/Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

Micronor (trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone)

Modicon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Norinyl (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol)

Norlestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Nor-Q-D (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone)

Ovocon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

Ovrette (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel)

Ovulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound)

 Context examples 

An orally active synthetic progestational hormone used often in combinations as an oral contraceptive.

(Chlormadinone Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This drug is used in oral contraceptives.

(Drospirenone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually seen in women on oral contraceptive therapy and during pregnancy.

(Cervical Microglandular Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

The oral contraceptive prevents pregnancy by preventing ovulation and by inducing endometrial and cervical changes undesirable for fertilization and implantation.

(Oral Contraceptive Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

A receptacle for holding something (e.g., that into which some oral contraceptive blister packs are placed).

(Packaging Case, NCI Thesaurus)

Plan B is a type of oral contraceptive.

(Plan B, NCI Dictionary)

Levonorgestrel is a type of oral contraceptive.

(Levonorgestrel, NCI Dictionary)

Most oral contraceptives include estrogen and progestin.

(Oral contraceptive pill, NCI Dictionary)

L-norgestrel is a type of oral contraceptive.

(L-norgestrel, NCI Dictionary)

Metabolized by the liver to ethynyl estradiol, mestranol serves as the estrogen component in several combination oral contraceptives.

(Mestranol, NCI Thesaurus)