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Birth control
The practice of using artificial means to prevent or terminate a pregnancy.
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chlamydia
Parenting; Birth control
A bacterial sexually transmitted disease. The effects of Chlamydia are similar to gonorrhea.
chloride
Parenting; Birth control
The major anion (negatively charged substance) in the blood and extracellular fluid (the body fluid that lies outside cells). Blood and other body fluids have almost the same concentration of ...
circulation
Parenting; Birth control
The movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the noun "circulation" does not necessarily refer to the circulation of the blood, for all practical purposes today it does. Heart ...
clostridium
Parenting; Birth control
A group of anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that thrive in the absence of oxygen ). There are 100+ species of Clostridium. They include, for examples, Clostridium difficile , Clostridium perfringens ...
coitus interruptus
Parenting; Birth control
A contraceptive method involving the man withdrawing from the woman's vagina before ejaculating. The intent is that fertilization never takes place because the sperm does not enter the vagina. ...
complication
Parenting; Birth control
In medicine, an additional problem that arises following a procedure, treatment or illness and is secondary to it. A complication complicates the situation.
