Definizione monolingua

contraceptive

contraceptive (plural contraceptives)

1. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

   Putting a pigs bladder over ones penis during intercourse is not a good contraceptive.

   • 2004, World Health Organization, Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (Second edition),

     The document covers the following family planning methods: combined oral contraceptives (COCs), combined injectable contraceptives (CICs), progestogen-only pills (POPs), depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), norethisterone enantate (NET-EN), levonorgestrel implants, emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), copper-bearing interuterine devices, levonorgestrel-releasing interuterine devices (LNG IUDs), fertility awareness-based methods, and sterilization.

contraceptive (comparative more contraceptive, superlative most contraceptive)

1. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

   She was careful to take her contraceptive pill at the same time every day.

   • 1994, P. F. A. Van Look, Gregorio Pérez-Palacios, World Health Organization, Contraceptive Research and Development, 1984-1994: The Road from Mexico City to Cairo and Beyond,

     This has led to the selection of 4-guanidinobenzoates with either acetamenophen or ethylparaben as the phenol moiety for clinical evaluation, because they are orders of magnitude more contraceptive than nonoxynol-9 and less irritating to the vagina.

Definizione dizionario contraceptive

anticoncezionale

antifecondativo

contraccettivo

Altri significati:

that acts to prevent conception

Preventing conception and pregnancy.

A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented