birth-control pill

[ burth-kuhn-trohl ]

/ ˈbɜrθ kənˌtroʊl /

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noun

an oral contraceptive for women, containing the hormones estrogen and progesterone or progesterone alone, that inhibits ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized ovum, causing temporary infertility.

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Origin of birth-control pill

First recorded in 1955–60

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Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
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A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.
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A certain amount of his ill-humour vented, Tressan made an effort to regain his self-control.
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