Definitions for oral contraceptive

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o′ral contracep′tive(n.)

birth-control pill.
Category: Pharmacology

Origin of oral contraceptive:

1955–60

Princeton's WordNet

pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant(noun)
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

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