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OVULEN

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ovulen mean?

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

1. trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound

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

Dictionary entry details

• OVULEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Ovulen" 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 "Ovulen"):

mestranol (a synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives)

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