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OVRAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ovral mean?

• OVRAL (noun)
The noun OVRAL has 1 sense:

1. trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel

Familiarity information: OVRAL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OVRAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Ovral" is a kind of...):

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill (a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception)

Meronyms (substance of "Ovral"):

norgestrel (synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives)

estradiol; oestradiol (the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer)

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