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birth control

 
–noun
regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Compare family planning (def. 1).
Origin:
1914, Americanism
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Language Translation for : Birth control
Spanish: control de natalidad, German: die Geburtenregelung, Japanese: 産児制限
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birth control  
n.  
  1. Voluntary limitation or control of the number of children conceived, especially by planned use of contraceptive techniques.
  2. A contraceptive technique.

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birth control

noun
limiting the number of children born 

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birth control  
Planned interference with conception in order to control the number of offspring born. Birth control techniques include drugs containing hormones, the diaphragm, and the intrauterine device.

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birth control

The practice of preventing conception to limit the number of births. (See contraception, family planning, population control, and Margaret Sanger.)


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