oral contraceptive pill

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspillbirth control pillcontraceptive pilloral contraceptiveanovulatory druganovulant

   Broadercontraceptive

   NarrowerDemulenEnovidLoestrinLo/OvralMicronorModiconNorinylNorlestrinNor-Q-DOvocon

Questions about oral contraceptive pill

What does oral contraceptive pill mean?

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

What is another word for oral contraceptive pill?

Close synonyms include pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oral contraceptive pill a common word?

oral contraceptive pill is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.