WordNet
contraceptive device
n. an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, prophylactic device, birth control device]
Usage examples of "contraceptive device".
Another contraceptive device becoming more popular is the IUD, or the loop.
On her sixteenth birthday, Lily would be taken to the port to join a mob of other young illegals destined to live and die on the colony planet, and if it hadn't been for the recent abortion and the implant of a very illicit five-year contraceptive device, the poor little cow wouldn't have lasted until deportation.
She was using an IUD, which was supposed to be the most effective contraceptive device next to the pill.