MORNING-AFTER PILL


Meaning of MORNING-AFTER PILL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmȯr-niŋ-ˈaf-tər- ]

noun

Date: 1957

: an oral drug usually containing high doses of estrogen taken up to usually three days after unprotected sexual intercourse that interferes with pregnancy by inhibiting ovulation or by blocking implantation of a fertilized egg in the human uterus

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.