| NOUN | artifact | Loestrin | trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone |
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| Meaning | trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone. | |
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| Broader | pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant | A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
| Substances | estradiol, oestradiol | The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally |
| norethindrone, norethindrone acetate, norethandrolone, Norlutin | A synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | |
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