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English
Noun
intrauterine device (plural intrauterine devices) (abbreviated as IUD)
- 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.
- Synonym: coil
Hyponyms
Translations
contraceptive device
- Bulgarian: спира́ла (bg) f (spirála)
- Catalan: dispositiu intrauterí (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 宮內避孕器／宫内避孕器 (gōngnèi bìyùnqì), 子宮環／子宫环 (zh) (zǐgōnghuán)
- Czech: nitroděložní tělísko
- Danish: spiral c
- Dutch: spiraal (nl) f, spiraaltje (nl) n
- Estonian: spiraal
- Finnish: ehkäisykierukka (fi), kierukka (fi)
- French: dispositif intra-utérin (fr) m, DIU (fr) m, stérilet (fr) m
- Galician: dispositivo intrauterino (gl) m
- German: Intrauterinpessar n, Spirale (de) f
- Greek: κολπικό διάφραγμα n (kolpikó diáfragma)
- Hungarian: méhen belüli eszköz, spirál (hu) (informal)
- Italian: dispositivo intrauterino m, diaframma (it), spirale (it) f, IUD
- Japanese: 子宮内避妊器具 (しきゅうないひにんきぐ, shikyūnai hinin kigu)
- Khmer: កងដាក់ក្នុងស្បូន (kɑɑng dak knong sboun)
- Korean: 자궁 내 장치 (jagung nae jangchi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: spiral m
- Nynorsk: spiral m
- Occitan: esterilet m
- Polish: spirala (pl) f, wkładka (pl) f
- Portuguese: dispositivo intrauterino m, DIU m
- Russian: внутрима́точная спира́ль f (vnutrimátočnaja spirálʹ), ВМС (ru) f (VMS), спира́ль (ru) f (spirálʹ)
- Spanish: dispositivo intrauterino m, DIU m
- Swedish: spiral (sv), livmoderinlägg
- Turkish: spiral (tr)
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