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noun
A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
A medical eponym; it is named for the physician whose publications about it (in the medical literature) are widely cited (A. Albert Yuzpe, born 1938).
