Contraceptive (4)
I believe the answer is:
pill
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">contraceptive</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that pill is a type of contraceptive)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pill that I've seen before include "Medicinal pellet" , "Pellet of medicine" , "Dreadful person" , "Medicinal tablet" , "Medical tablet" .)