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Definition: Contraceptive |
ContraceptiveAdjective1. Capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications". Noun1. An agent or device intended to prevent conception. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Botanical | A substance to prevent conception. Abrus, Ceiba. (references) |
Health | An agent that diminishes the likelihood of or prevents conception. (references) |
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Synonyms: ContraceptiveSynonyms: antifertility (adj), prophylactic (adj), birth control device (n), contraceptive device (n), preventative (n), preventive (n), prophylactic device (n). (additional references) |
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Lyrics | And before me dig out a bitch I have ta' find a contraceptive (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Women receiving their supply of contraceptive pills at an Egyptian family planning clinic. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by M. Jacot.. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | A childless married couple (the Does), the wife not being pregnant, separately attacked the laws, basing alleged injury on the future possibilities of contraceptive failure, pregnancy, unpreparedness for parenthood, and impairment of the wife's health. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ask your doctor about these contraceptive options. (references) | |
Menstruating women, women using barrier contraceptive devices, and persons who have undergone nasal surgery. (references) | ||
An oral contraceptive, even one with a low dose of estrogen, may also help control symptoms such as hot flashes. (references) | ||
Economic History | South Africa | Hormonal Contraceptive syst. (references) |
Haiti | Countrywide, child nutrition rates are dropping from 32% in 1995 to 22% in 2000, and full child immunization rates continue to rise, doubling in USAID-served areas from 30% in 1994 to about 60% in 2000. Contraceptive use, limited to 13% of women in 1994, now tops 25% in USAID project areas (half the country). (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | The Ombudsman also recommended that the Ministry integrate men fully into its family planning program, thereby disseminating reproductive and contraceptive information more equitably across gender boundaries. (references) |
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| "Contraceptive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.70% of the time. "Contraceptive" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.7% | 228 | 19,909 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.87% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 231 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "contraceptive": Contraceptive Agents ♦ contraceptive device ♦ Contraceptive Devices ♦ contraceptive diaphragm ♦ contraceptive method ♦ contraceptive pill ♦ contraceptive prevalence survey ♦ contraceptive sheath ♦ oral contraceptive ♦ oral contraceptive pill. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "contraceptive": anti-contraceptive, non-contraceptive. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "contraceptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mjet kontraceptiv, kontraceptiv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مانع للحمل, العقر (sterility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | противозачатъчно средство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 避孕 (contraception). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | antikoncepèní prostředek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kontraceptiv, antikonceptionsmiddel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | contraceptivum, contraceptief, anticonceptie-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kontraŭkoncipa, antikoncipa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kontraseptiivinen, hedelmöitystä ehkäisevä, antikonseptiivinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | contraceptif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | antikonsepsje-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verhütungsmittel, Empfängnisverhütungsmittel, empfängnisverhütend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντισυλληπτικόσ, αντισυλληπτικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogamzásgátló szer, fogamzásgátló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | obat pencegah kehamilan, alat pencegah kehamilan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | contraccettivo, antifecondativo (anticonceptive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 避妊薬 (a contraceptive), 避妊法 (contraceptive method or measures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひに"ほう (contraceptive method or measures), ひに"やく (a contraceptive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noi-yiennaghtane, noi-yiennaghtagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontraceptivecay contraceptivo, anticonceptivo. (various references) anticoncepţional. (various references) противозачаточный (antifertility). (various references) kontraceptivni, kontraceptiv. (various references) contraceptivo, anticonceptivo. (various references) preventivmedel (preservative), preventiv (preventive), antikonceptionell. (various references) koruyucu (conservator, Guardian, guarding, keeper, life saver, patron, preservative, preserver, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, protector, protectress, safeguard, safety, sentinel, tutelar, tutelary, umbrella, warden), gebelik önleyici uygulama, gebeliği önleyici, doğum kontrolü sağlayan, doğum kontrol hapı (anti-baby pill, birth control pill, the pill), doğum kontrol aleti. (various references) протизаплідний засіб, протизаплідний. (various references) thuốc tránh thụ thai, dụng cụ tránh thụ thai, để tránh thụ thai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abortivo, abortivum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contraceptive": contraceptives. (additional references) | |
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"Contraceptive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: contraseptive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contraceptive" (pronounced kÄ'ntruse"ptiv) |
| 8 | -r u s e" p t i v | receptive, unreceptive. |
| 7 | -u s e" p t i v | deceptive. |
| 6 | -s e" p t i v | perceptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adaptive, adoptive, captive, corruptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, preemptive, presumptive, redemptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: contractive. | |
-3 letters: conceptive, precontact, protective. | |
-4 letters: acceptive, accretion, accretive, anorectic, carnotite, catoptric, conceiver, contactee, crepitant, crepitate, evaporite, intercept, operative, orientate, patienter, pectinate, peritonea, portative, proactive, reception, recontact, reconvict, vaporetti. | |
-5 letters: accentor, accepter, acceptor, acentric, acetonic, anoretic, antevert, aperient, apocrine, atropine, caponier, carotene, cavicorn, centiare, cicerone, coactive, cocinera, cocreate, coercive, conative, conceive, concerti, concrete, conepate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: contraceptives. | |
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