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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
1914, Americanism
Related forms
pro·birth-con·trol, adjective
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| birth control | |
| —n | |
| See also family planning limitation of child-bearing by means of contraception | |
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Birth control
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Medical Dictionary
birth control n.
Voluntary limitation or control of the number of children conceived, especially by planned use of contraceptive techniques.
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Science Dictionary
| 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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Cultural Dictionary
birth control definition
The practice of preventing conception to limit the number of births. (See contraception, family planning, population control, and Margaret Sanger.)
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