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Contraceptive   /kˌɑntrəsˈɛptɪv/   Listen
Contraceptive

adjective
1.
Capable of preventing conception or impregnation.  Synonyms: antifertility, prophylactic.
noun
1.
An agent or device intended to prevent conception.  Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device.



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"Contraceptive" Quotes from Famous Books



... that this new league is started to speed up the birth control movement. Its first aim is to take the question straight to Congress and repeal the Federal statute which prohibits the circulation of contraceptive knowledge. All the restrictive state laws are modeled on this Federal obscenity statute. If that is repealed, the state laws can easily be made ...
— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto

... that many a woman undergoes an agony of symptoms which is only relieved when her monthly function appears. This fear makes the sexual relationship a risk almost outweighing its pleasure. The notoriously "unsafe" character of the contraceptive measures has only diminished this fear, not ...
— The Nervous Housewife • Abraham Myerson



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