lo/ovral

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   trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel

   Broaderpill

Questions about lo/ovral

What does lo/ovral mean?

lo/ovral means "trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel".

How many syllables are in lo/ovral?

lo/ovral has 2 syllables and divides as lo/ov-ral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lo/ovral a common word?

lo/ovral is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.