"IUD" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: IUDs [plural]
Etymology: The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an intrauterine device. Etymology templates: {{m|en|intrauterine device}} intrauterine device Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IUD (countable and uncountable, plural IUDs)
  1. Initialism of intrauterine device. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: intrauterine device Categories (topical): Birth control Translations (intrauterine device): DIU [masculine] (Catalan), kierukka (Finnish), DIU [masculine] (French), DIU [masculine] (Galician), IUP [neuter] (German), spirale [feminine] (Italian), IUD (Italian), DIU [masculine] (Italian), dispositivo intrauterino [masculine] (Italian), DIU [masculine] (Portuguese), DIU [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-IUD-en-noun-FnrAFhxF Disambiguation of Birth control: 47 24 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 9 12 Disambiguation of 'intrauterine device': 93 3 4
  2. (psychiatry) Initialism of inhalant use disorder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: inhalant use disorder Categories (topical): Psychiatry
    Sense id: en-IUD-en-noun-axxujRgt Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
  3. (Philippines, informal) barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food Tags: Philippines, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-IUD-en-noun-WkU1N9r~ Categories (other): Philippine English

Inflected forms

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