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GELEE VAGINALE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
CONT

Contraceptive jellies...are inserted into the vagina before intercourse and the chemicals they contain kill the sperm on contact. Certain jellies... as well as being spermicidal, also provide somewhat of a barrier to sperm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
CONT

Les gelées spermicides destructrices des spermatozoïdes s'emploient normalement avec les obturateurs. Elles s'emploient aussi seules. (Elles) se figent en une espèce de revêtement dans la partie profonde du vagin, fermant ainsi le passage de l'utérus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
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