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Contraceptive, pill (health)


"Commonly called ""the pill,"" combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth control. This form of birth control suppresses ovulation (the monthly release of an egg from the ovaries) by the combined actions of the hormones estrogen and progestin."