"intrauterine device" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intrauterine devices [plural], as IUD [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intrauterine device (plural intrauterine devices)
  1. A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. Wikipedia link: intrauterine device Categories (topical): Birth control Synonyms: coil Hyponyms: loop Translations (contraceptive device): спира́ла (spirála) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dispositiu intrauterí [masculine] (Catalan), 宮內避孕器 (Chinese Mandarin), 宫内避孕器 (gōngnèi bìyùnqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 子宮環 (Chinese Mandarin), 子宫环 (zǐgōnghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), nitroděložní tělísko (Czech), spiral [common-gender] (Danish), spiraal [feminine] (Dutch), spiraaltje [neuter] (Dutch), spiraal (Estonian), ehkäisykierukka (Finnish), kierukka (Finnish), dispositif intra-utérin [masculine] (French), DIU [masculine] (French), stérilet [masculine] (French), dispositivo intrauterino [masculine] (Galician), Intrauterinpessar [neuter] (German), Spirale [feminine] (German), κολπικό διάφραγμα (kolpikó diáfragma) [neuter] (Greek), méhen belüli eszköz (Hungarian), spirál [informal] (Hungarian), dispositivo intrauterino [masculine] (Italian), diaframma (Italian), spirale [feminine] (Italian), IUD (Italian), 子宮内避妊器具 (shikyūnai hinin kigu) (alt: しきゅうないひにんきぐ) (Japanese), កងដាក់ក្នុងស្បូន (kɑɑng dak knong sboun) (Khmer), 자궁 내 장치 (jagung nae jangchi) (Korean), spiral [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spiral [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), esterilet [masculine] (Occitan), spirala [feminine] (Polish), wkładka [feminine] (Polish), dispositivo intrauterino [masculine] (Portuguese), DIU [masculine] (Portuguese), внутрима́точная спира́ль (vnutrimátočnaja spirálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ВМС (VMS) [feminine] (Russian), спира́ль (spirálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dispositivo intrauterino [masculine] (Spanish), DIU [masculine] (Spanish), spiral (Swedish), livmoderinlägg (Swedish), spiral (Turkish)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "DIU"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnutrimátočnaja spirálʹ",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "внутрима́точная спира́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "VMS",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ВМС"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spirálʹ",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спира́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispositivo intrauterino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "DIU"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "word": "spiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "word": "livmoderinlägg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contraceptive device",
      "word": "spiral"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intrauterine device"
}

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