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Oral contraceptive pill

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006132

A pill used to prevent pregnancy. It contains hormones that block the release of eggs from the ovaries. Most oral contraceptives include estrogen and progestin. Also called birth control pill.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006132
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsbirth control pill
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006132",
  "term": "Oral contraceptive pill",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A pill used to prevent pregnancy. It contains hormones that block the release of eggs from the ovaries. Most oral contraceptives include estrogen and progestin. Also called birth control pill.",
  "synonyms": [
    "birth control pill"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/oral-contraceptive-pill/"
}

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