spermicide
IPA: spˈɝmʌsaɪd
noun
- A substance used for killing sperm.
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Examples of "spermicide" in Sentences
- Diaphragm and spermicide hit market.
- As a contraceptive, spermicide may be used alone.
- Menfegol is a spermicide manufactured as a foaming tablet.
- It is also an effective topical microbicide and spermicide.
- A spermicide is normally applied to both sides of the film.
- Some people are allergic to the spermicide used in the sponge.
- However, spermicide may actually increase the transmission rate.
- Whenever we had sex, we always used a condom plus an extra dose of spermicide.
- Furthermore, one of the main causes of yeast infections among women is condom and/or spermicide use.
- As I said earlier, a condom or a spermicide is a paltry obstacle to the One who spoke the Heavens into existence.
- The right for a woman to choose which color condom, which brand of spermicide, which type of birth control pills.
- We were--at my insistence--using condoms, and just to be on the safe side, I would spray us both down before and after with industrial-grade spermicide.
- The most common recommendation by physicians for safe contraception is for condoms combined with a spermicide, which is categorically forbidden by poskim (Tendler).
- One lipstick, pink, Cover Girl; three condoms, foil wrapped, with spermicide; one cell phone, no SIM card, battery dead; a hundred ninety dollars in fives and tens; purse-sized Scope mouthwash, wintergreen; pack of Handi-wipes; key ring with two keys, neither of them to a car.
- As outlined by historian Linda Gordon in her book The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America, ancient-Greek women were told to sneeze, Egyptians tried to block the cervix with crocodile dung (the Japanese did the same with bamboo; African women with chopped grass), and Indians used rock salt dipped in olive oil as a spermicide.
- Other "barrier" birth-control methods include the Today Sponge, an updated version of the brand made famous on "Seinfield," that involves a spermicide-containing foam disc that covers the cervix and blocks sperm from entering; the FemCap, a reusable silicon cup filled with spermicide that covers the cervix, and the diaphragm, a much older rubber bowl filled with spermicide.