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Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which now includes free access to sterilization, contraception, and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill.
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Meaning of "morning-after pill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORNING-AFTER PILL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORNING-AFTER PILL

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Morning-After pill is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MORNING-AFTER PILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Emergency contraception

Emergency contraception, or emergency postcoital contraception, are birth control measures that, if taken after sexual intercourse, may prevent pregnancy. Forms of EC include: ▪ Emergency contraceptive pills —sometimes simply referred to as emergency contraceptives or the "morning-after pill"—are drugs intended to disrupt or delay ovulation or fertilization, which are necessary for pregnancy. ▪ Intrauterine devices —usually used as a primary contraceptive method, but sometimes used as emergency contraception.

Definition of morning-after pill in the English dictionary

The definition of morning-after pill in the dictionary is an oral contraceptive that is effective if taken some hours after intercourse.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORNING-AFTER PILL

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morning watch
morning-glories
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Moro
Moroccan
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WORDS THAT END LIKE MORNING-AFTER PILL

abortion pill
anti-pill
birth pill
chill pill
diet pill
minipill
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pep pill
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poison pill
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sleeping pill
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travel-sickness pill
vitamin pill

Synonyms and antonyms of morning-after pill in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «morning-after pill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORNING-AFTER PILL

Find out the translation of morning-after pill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of morning-after pill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «morning-after pill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

事后避孕药
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

píldora del día después
570 millions of speakers

English

morning-after pill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोली सुबह के बाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حبة الصباح التالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

таблетке следующего утра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pílula do dia seguinte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সকালে-পরে পিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pilule du lendemain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pil selepas pagi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pille danach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピルモーニングアフター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

먹는 피임약 아침 - 후
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pil sing esuk sawise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buổi sáng sau khi uống thuốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலை மாத்திரைக்கு பிறகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सकाळी-नंतर गोळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ertesi gün hapı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pillola del giorno dopo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

morning- after pill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

таблетці наступного ранку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dimineata , dupa-pilula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χάπι της επόμενης ημέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

morning-after pill
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dagen- efter-piller
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morgenen-etter pille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of morning-after pill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORNING-AFTER PILL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORNING-AFTER PILL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about morning-after pill

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QUOTES WITH «MORNING-AFTER PILL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word morning-after pill.
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John Cornyn
Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which now includes free access to sterilization, contraception, and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORNING-AFTER PILL»

Discover the use of morning-after pill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to morning-after pill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in ...
The Morning After tells the story of emergency contraception in America from the 1960s to the present day and, more importantly, it tells the story of the women who have used it.
Heather Munro Prescott, 2011
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The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health
Two prescription drugs are marketed specifically as a morning-after pill. "Plan B" contains levonorgestrel only, with one pill taken within 72 hours of intercourse and one 12 hours later. Because there is no estrogen in this pill, there are fewer ...
Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Terra Diane Ziporyn, 2004
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For Women Only!: Your Guide to Health Empowerment
Twenty-nine percent of my sample stated that they had taken the morning-after pill at least twice within a year's time. "The study showed that DES is being prescribed with carelessness and casualness. Forty-five percent were not given pelvic ...
Gary Null, Barbara Seaman, 1999
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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings
Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman. the 'morning after pill'. I cannot find the Islamic perspective on the last two contraceptive measures and especially the latter. I may be mistaken, but  ...
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2007
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Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives
Emergency contraception ('the morning-after pill') usually consists of two or four high-dose pills which can be O O O Progesterone Testosterone OH Gestodene OH CCH O combinations of oestrogen and progesterone or only progesterone.
Jane Coad, Melvyn Dunstall, 2011
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The Contraception Guidebook: Options, Risks, and Answers for ...
The Morning-After Pill, or "Emergency Contraception" The morning-after pill is a bad idea. It acts to prevent a pregnancy by aborting a child. I used the morning- after pill twenty years ago before knowing how it worked to cause an early abortion ...
William R. Cutrer, Sandra L. Glahn, 2005
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Contemporary Moral Problems
Opponents of the morning-after pill claim that over-the-counter sales will encourage irresponsible sexual behavior. Furthermore, they argue that women may not understand how the pill works. Although it usually acts by preventing ovulation, ...
James E. White, 2008
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The Origin of the World: Science and Fiction of the Vagina
Motives and methods change: the history of the morning-after pill is a good illustration of how fear of pregnancy has evolved. At first there was just one method: a prodigiously high dose of oestrogen on five successive days (in the early years it ...
Jelto Drenth, 2005
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing Sex
The Morning-After Pill The morning- after pill is an emergency measure that involves relatively high doses of synthetic hormones (estrogen or a combination of estrogen and progestin) that are taken for one to five days within three days of 37Z ...
Sari Locker, 2005
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Ebony
I am not pregnant now and haven't been pregnant. But I am curious about the so- called abortion pill and the morning-after pill that I recently heard about on television. What's the difference between the abortion pill and the morning-after pill?

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORNING-AFTER PILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term morning-after pill is used in the context of the following news items.
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Report: Teen Use of Morning-After Pill is Climbing
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill - a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
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Teens' Morning-After Pill Use Up: 1 in 5 Girls Have Taken It, CDC Says
Image: Teens' Morning-After Pill Use Up: 1 in 5 Girls Have A package of Plan B contraceptive is displayed at Jack's Pharmacy on April 5, 2013 ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
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US report: Teen use of morning-after pill is climbing
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls in the United States have used the morning-after pill -- a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
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Morning-after pill use rising among teens
NEW YORK (AP) - More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill — a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's ... «WKBW-TV, Jul 15»
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Report: Teen use of morning-after pill is on the rise
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill - a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens ... «News 13 Orlando, Jul 15»
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Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning: We're Catching up on …
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill — a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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10 Things to Know for Today
TEEN USE OF MORNING-AFTER PILL CLIMBING. More than one in five sexually active teen girls use the emergency contraceptive — a ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
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Time will tell if Apple Watch catches on, as Apple fans wait
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill - a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens ... «12NewsNow.Com, Jul 15»
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Invoking Iraq War, Obama brushes off Iran deal critics
More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill - a dramatic increase that likely reflects that it's easier now for teens to buy the ... «12NewsNow.Com, Jul 15»
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Choosing birth control
Most choose Plan B, known as the morning-after pill, a progesterone-only pill. Although it's available over the counter, patients 17 years and ... «Pacific Daily News, Jul 15»

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