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Definition: Spermicide |
SpermicideNoun1. A contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An agent that is destructive to spermatozoa. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Usually they are used to increase the effectivity of contraceptive barrier methods like diaphragmss and condoms, they are only somewhat effective alone.
The most common active ingredient of spermicides is nonoxynol-9, which some women are allergic to, and which has been shown to increase the risk of contracting HIV.
See also Sperm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spermicide."
Synonym: SpermicideSynonym: spermatocide (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spermicide |
| English words defined with "spermicide": contraceptive diaphragm ♦ diaphragm ♦ pessary. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spermicide" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (spermicide), French (spermicidal, spermicide). |
| "Spermicide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Spermicide" is used about 19 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 94.74% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spermicide | 131 |
condom and spermicide | 11 |
allergy spermicide | 9 |
nonoxynol 9 spermicide | 9 |
allergenic hypo spermicide | 8 |
spermicide vaginal | 4 |
spermicide lubricant | 4 |
allergy spermicide symptom | 4 |
foam spermicide | 3 |
effects side spermicide | 3 |
spermicide gel | 2 |
spermicide effectiveness | 2 |
spermicide cream | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spermicide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spermicid (spermatocide, spermicidal), spermatocid (spermatocide), sæddræbende middel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spermicide (spermatocide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | spermisidi, siittiöitä tuhoava aine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spermicide (spermicidal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spermizid (spermatocide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπερματοκτόνος (germicidal, germicide, spermicidal), σπερμοκτόνος (spermicidal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קוטל זרע. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spermicida (spermicidal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermicidespay espermicida. (various references) espermicida (spermicidal). (various references) сперміцид. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spermicide": spermicides. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-m-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: epidemics, epidermic, epidermis, imprecise, mispriced, premedics. | |
-2 letters: demireps, empirics, epidemic, epiderms, epimeric, impeders, misprice, precised, premedic, premised, scrimped, simpered. | |
-3 letters: crimped, crisped, decries, deicers, demirep, deperms, dimeric, empires, empiric, emprise, epeiric, epiderm, epimers, impeder, impedes, imprese, mercies, piecers, pierced, pierces, pismire, precise, premeds, premies, premise, preside, primsie, recipes, remised, speired, spermic, spicier, spiered. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-m-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: spermicides. | |
+2 letters: misperceived. | |
+3 letters: improvidences. | |
+4 letters: predominancies. | |
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