the prevention of conception or impregnation with-out destroying fertility
The intentional prevention of conception or impregnation. Also called birth control.
The prevention of conception by the use of birth control devices or agents.
Any manner of birth control. This includes methods requiring prescriptions (e.g. birth control pills, depo-provera) and those that are available over the counter (e.g. condoms). More information.
The prevention of conception by keeping the sperm and egg cells from meeting and fusing.
a method used to prevent pregnancy
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
The means of preventing conception. Hormonal: Contraception by means of estrogen, progestational agents or both.
The use of contraceptive devices or services and supplies that prevent pregnancy.
The conscious effort of couples to regulate the number and spacing of births. Also known as family planning.
The process by which pregnancy is prevented by either barring conception of an embryo or the implantation of it within the uterine wall.
Artificial or natural methods used to prevent pregnancy; typical methods include tubal ligation, oral contraceptives, condoms, drugs, and intrauterine devices.
Prevention of pregnancy; also called birth control.
The prevention of pregnancy.
birth control. A contraceptive is an agent or method that prevents conception or successful gestation.
Things people do or ways people stop pregnancy from happening. Some things prevent ovulation (releasing of an egg), fertilization (meeting of egg and sperm), or the implantation of a pre-embryo in the uterus. Some ways are permanent and others let a woman get pregnant when she stops using them. Birth control pills, spermicide, diaphragms, sterilization and latex condoms are some examples. Withdrawing and douching do not work. Not all CONTRACEPTION stops people from getting HIV and other STDs. Only latex condoms stop pregnancy and HIV from happening. Abstinence is the only 100 percent method for preventing both HIV infection and pregnancy.
birth control - ways to stop pregnancy.
Methods used by individuals or couples to prevent conception resulting from sexual intercourse.
use of mechanical devices or chemical substances to prevent the union of sperm and ovum.
Contraception or birth control is a deliberate prevention of the conception of offspring using any of various means, including barrier, hormonal, intrauterine and natural family planning methods. Each method has good points as well as side effects. More than one method may be used at the same time. For instance, a barrier method may be used with any other method.
A drug or device designed to be used before, during or after sexual relations to deliberately prevent pregnancy. Caution, please, as the most popular forms of so-called contraception are actually abortifacient (e.g. pill, IUD, Norplant, Depo-Provera, emergency contraception)
Methods used to prevent pregnancy; birth control measures.
Voluntary prevention of conception or pregnancy.
Methods or devices, such as drugs, sexual practices, or surgical procedures, employed to prevent conception or impregnation.
Using a form of birth control like condoms or 'the pill' to prevent pregnancy.
Methods to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant.
birth control; any technique, method, or device that reduces the risk of a woman becoming pregnant