English Explanatory Dictionary

Yuzpe regimen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.

Word forms

Yuzpe regimen Yuzpe method

Etymology

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).

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