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oral contraceptive
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oral contraceptive

In medicine, synthetic female hormones that are taken by mouth for contraception and commonly referred to as the pill.



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Bakhru A and Stanwood N, Performance of contraceptive patch compared with oral contraceptive pill in a high-risk population, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006, 108(2):378- 386.
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