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Contraceptive   /kˌɑntrəsˈɛptɪv/   Listen
adjective
contraceptive  adj.  Capable of preventing conception or impregnation; as, contraceptive devices and medications.
Synonyms: prophylactic.


noun
contraceptive  n.  A substance or device used to prevent conception.
Synonyms: preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, prophylactic.





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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 If that is repealed, the state laws can easily be made ...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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