anovulant
/æˈnɑvjələnt/
noun
- A drug or substance that prevents ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary).
- Some anovulants are used as a form of birth control.
- The doctor prescribed an anovulant to help regulate her menstrual cycle.
- The patient stopped taking the anovulant when she decided to try to get pregnant.
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