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morning-after pill

morning-after pill noun: a contraceptive in the form of a pill taken shortly after sexual intercourse.

Noun

morning-after pill (plural morning-after pills)

  1. A contraceptive in the form of a pill taken shortly after sexual intercourse.
    • Dr. Morris and his colleagues have reported on one experimental compound designed specifically to be a morning-after pill.1967 October 7, “Estrogens' Double Life”, in Science News, volume 92, number 15, →JSTOR, page 343
    • These policy efforts confuse the public into thinking that the morning-after pill, which is simply a super-dose of the regular pill, is the same as mifepristone, the abortion pill.2010 October 12, Faith Agostinone-Wilson, Marxism and Education Beyond Identity: Sexuality and Schooling, Palgrave Macmillan, page 172
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    ECP

Examples of morning-after pill in a sentence

  • That's what the morning-after pill does.2013 March 5, Bronwen Pardes, Doing It Right: Making Smart, Safe, and Satisfying Choices About Sex, →ISBN:
  • A federal judge on Friday ordered that the most common morning-after pill be made available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger.2013 April 15, Pam Belluck, “Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17...

Synonyms of morning-after pill

Forms of morning-after pill

pluralmorning-after pills

Questions about morning-after pill

What does morning-after pill mean?
Morning-after pill means a contraceptive in the form of a pill taken shortly after sexual intercourse.
How do you use morning-after pill in a sentence?
That's what the morning-after pill does.
What part of speech is morning-after pill?
Morning-after pill is a noun.
What is the plural of morning-after pill?
The plural of morning-after pill is morning-after pills.

Words near morning-after pill in the dictionary

  1. morning woody
  2. morning zoo
  3. morning zoos
  4. morning, noon and night
  5. morning-after
  6. morning-after pill
  7. morning-after pills
  8. morning-afters
  9. morning-dressed
  10. morning-gift
  11. morning-gifts

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