fertility pill

fertility pill
fertility drug or fertility pill,
a drug in tablet form consisting of synthesized hormones that release ova in women who do not ovulate normally. Fertility drugs have sometimes caused multiple births. »

Fertility drugs are useful when infertility is caused by failure of the woman's body to produce an egg each month that is capable of being fertilized (New York Times).


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