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Spermicide
(redirected from Contraceptive foam)

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spermicide /sper·mi·cide/ (sper´mi-sid) an agent destructive to spermatozoa.spermici´dal
sper·mi·cide (spûrm-sd)
n.
An agent that kills spermatozoa, especially as a contraceptive. Also called spermatocide.

spermi·cidal (-sdl) adj.

Spermicide
An agent that is destructive to sperm.
Mentioned in: Condom, Diaphragm

spermicide
an agent destructive to spermatozoa.

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On April 6, 1967, he lectured at Boston University to more than 2,500 people and, in a prearranged move, handed a nineteen-year-old unmarried woman a free condom and a package of contraceptive foam.
At the end of the lecture, I was promptly arrested by members of the vice squad of the Boston police department and charged with two felonies: publicly exhibiting birth control and abortion devices, and giving away a single condom and package of contraceptive foam to a nineteen-year-old, unmarried female student.
 
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