ENOVID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Enovid" is a kind of...):

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill (a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception)

Meronyms (substance of "Enovid"):

norethynodrel (a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding)

mestranol (a synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives)

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