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Yuzpe regimen

Yuzpe regimen noun: a method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.

Noun

Yuzpe regimen (uncountable)

  1. A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.

Forms of Yuzpe regimen

alternative formYuzpe method

Origin of Yuzpe regimen

A medical eponym; it is named for the physician whose publications about it (in the medical literature) are widely cited (A. Albert Yuzpe, born 1938).

Questions about Yuzpe regimen

What does Yuzpe regimen mean?
Yuzpe regimen means a method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.
What part of speech is Yuzpe regimen?
Yuzpe regimen is a noun.

Words near Yuzpe regimen in the dictionary

  1. yuzlik
  2. yuzliks
  3. yuzluk
  4. yuzluks
  5. Yuzpe method
  6. Yuzpe regimen
  7. yuzu
  8. yuzukosho
  9. yuzuquat
  10. yuzuquats
  11. Yuzuru

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