intrauterine device

English

Noun

intrauterine device (plural intrauterine devices)

2. 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.

   Alternative form: IUD (initialism)

   Hypernyms: contraceptive < device

   Hyponyms: coil, loop

   Coordinate terms: diaphragm; internal condom, female condom; external condom, male condom; condom

   • 2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Types of progestagen-only contraceptives available in the UK and US include the implant, the hormonal intrauterine device (IUD), the contraceptive injection and the minipill.

   • 2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.

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)
• Indonesian: alat kontrasepsi dalam rahim, spiral (id)
• 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), 자궁 내 피임 장치 (jagung nae piim 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), rahim içi araç, rahim içi kontraseptif cihaz