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OVRETTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ovrette mean?
• OVRETTE (noun)
The noun OVRETTE has 1 sense:
1. trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel
Familiarity information: OVRETTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Ovrette" is a kind of...):
anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill (a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception)
Meronyms (substance of "Ovrette"):
norgestrel (synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives)
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