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BIRTH CONTROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Limiting the number of children born
Synonyms:
birth control; birth prevention; family planning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("birth control" is a kind of...):
planning (an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "birth control"):
coitus interruptus; onanism; pulling out; withdrawal; withdrawal method (a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation)
natural family planning (any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle)
contraception; contraceptive method (birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery)
Context examples:
It also specializes in other women’s health issues, such as menopause, hormone problems, contraception (birth control), and infertility.
(Ob/gyn, NCI Dictionary)
Birth control: Should it be available to minors?
(Medical Ethics, NIH)
Cottonseed meal toxin may also act as a male contraceptive (a type of birth control).
(Cottonseed meal toxin, NCI Dictionary)
Gossypol acetic acid may also act as a male contraceptive (form of birth control).
(Gossypol acetic acid, NCI Dictionary)
Other risks include being overweight, using hormone replacement therapy (also called menopausal hormone therapy), taking birth control pills, drinking alcohol, not having children or having your first child after age 35 or having dense breasts.
(Breast Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Also called birth control pill.
(Oral contraceptive pill, NCI Dictionary)
Your choice of birth control should depend on several factors.
(Birth Control, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Your health care provider can help you select the best form of birth control for you.
(Birth Control, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Birth control methods may work in a number of different ways. These include: • Preventing sperm from getting to the eggs - condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devices (IUDs) work this way • Keeping the woman's ovaries from releasing eggs that could be fertilized - birth control pills work this way • Sterilization, which permanently prevents a woman from getting pregnant or a man from being able to get a woman pregnant
(Birth Control, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
