Pincus
pin·cus
noun
1.
United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
Origin
Borrowed from Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās). Compare the personal name Phinehas.
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