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minipills

minipills is the plural of minipill.

Meaning of minipill

Noun

minipill (plural minipills)

  1. (colloquial) A type of contraceptive pill containing progestogens without estrogen.
    • All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only “minipills,” carry a small “excess risk” of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, but the overall risk remains low. […] This can serve as a more sustainable and affordable option for long-term pain...2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    progestogen-only pill, progestin-only pill, POP

Questions about minipills

What is minipills the plural of?
Minipills is the plural of minipill.

Words near minipills in the dictionary

  1. minipiezometer
  2. minipiezometers
  3. minipig
  4. minipigs
  5. minipill
  6. minipills
  7. miniplasmid
  8. miniplasmids
  9. miniplasmin
  10. miniplasmins
  11. miniplate

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