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morning-after pill

morning-after pill
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mawr-ning-af-ter, -ahf-]
    • /ˈmɔr nɪŋˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mawr-ning-af-ter, -ahf-]
    • /ˈmɔr nɪŋˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-/

Definitions of morning-after pill words

  • noun morning-after pill a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse. 1
  • countable noun morning-after pill The morning-after pill is a pill that a woman can take some hours after having sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant. 0
  • noun morning-after pill an oral contraceptive that is effective if taken some hours after intercourse 0

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Origin of morning-after pill

First appearance:

before 1955
One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60

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Parts of speech for Morning-after pill

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

morning-after pill popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for morning-after pill

noun morning-after pill

  • ru-486 — mifepristone.
  • abortion pill — a drug, such as mifepristone, used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage
  • birth-control pill — 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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