单词 | morning-after pill |
释义 | > as lemmasmorning-after pill 2. Of or relating to the morning following sexual intercourse or activity; spec. designating or used in forms of emergency contraception that can be used up to 72 hours (or more) after unprotected intercourse (esp. in morning-after pill). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] > a contraceptive > contraceptive pill > morning-after pill morning-after pill1966 1966 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 30 Apr. 1/1 (headline) New Birth Control Item. ‘Morning After’ Pill. 1973 Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 17 Mar. 7/1 The Food and Drug Administration will approve the use of diethylstilbestrol or DES as a ‘morning after’ contraceptive pill for women in emergency situations such as rape. 1991 Young People Now 22 Feb. 11/1 Some of the increase [in requests for post-coital contraception] is simply due to greater awareness of ‘morning after’ contraception. 1993 New Mexico Daily Lobo (Univ. New Mexico) 21 Jan. 6/3 You never see a couple gobble tic-tacs before the morning-after kiss. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 5 Mar. 44/1 HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP—better known as the HIV morning-after pill, uses anti-HIV drugs to treat people who have had a high risk of exposure to the virus within the past 72 hours. < as lemmas |
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