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ENOVID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Enovid mean?
• ENOVID (noun)
The noun ENOVID has 1 sense:
1. trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel
Familiarity information: ENOVID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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