“spermicide”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

spermicide

释义

spermicide|ˈspɜːmɪsaɪd|
[f. spermi- + -cide.]
Any substance which kills spermatozoa, esp. one used as a contraceptive. So spermiˈcidal a. Cf. spermacide, spermaticide, and spermatocide s.v. spermato-.
1929Jrnl. Hygiene XXIX. 323 The spermicidal powers of the various chemical contraceptives sold to the public have never previously been compared, and no one has been in a position to say that one spermicide is preferable to another.1931Ibid. XXXI. 190 The words ‘spermicide’ and ‘spermicidal’ are preferred, on grounds of euphony, to ‘spermaticide’ and ‘spermaticidal’.1936Discovery Sept. 277/2 Baker has shown that soap solution is more spermicidal than most chemical contraceptives.1962A. Huxley Island vi. 84 Before the age of rubber and spermicides.1977V. Coleman Paper Doctors ix. 93 There were 15 different types of spermicidal contraceptive waiting to be prescribed.1977E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) xiv. 135/3 Spermicides..should not be used alone as a contraceptive method.

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