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Contraceptive Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Contraceptive Agents
Tree Number(s)
D27.505.696.875.360
D27.505.954.705.360
Unique ID
D003270
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003270
Annotation
chemical, not mechanical (= CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES); pregnancy despite use = CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS with no qualifiers, not with /‌adv eff; note entry term CONTRACEPTIVE EFFECT: use only for the contraceptive effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note
Chemical substances that prevent or reduce the probability of CONCEPTION.
Entry Term(s)
Contraceptive
Contraceptive Effect
Contraceptive Effects
Contraceptives
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
QV 177
Previous Indexing
Contraceptive Devices (1966)
Public MeSH Note
67
History Note
67
Date Established
1967/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Contraceptive Agents Preferred
Contraceptive Effect Related
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