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Princeton's WordNet

  1. intrauterine device, IUDnoun

    contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus

GCIDE

  1. IUDnoun

    An intrauterine device, a contraceptive device consisting of a small, usually plastic object placed within the uterus to prevent conception.

Wiktionary

  1. IUDnoun

    intrauterine device

Wikipedia

  1. IUD

    An intrauterine device (IUD), also known as intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ICD) or coil, is a small, often T-shaped birth control device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. IUDs are one form of long-acting reversible birth control (LARC). One study found that female family planning providers choose LARC methods more often (41.7%) than the general public (12.1%). Among birth control methods, IUDs, along with other contraceptive implants, result in the greatest satisfaction among users.IUDs are safe and effective in adolescents as well as those who have not previously had children. Once an IUD is removed, even after long-term use, fertility returns to normal rapidly. Copper devices have a failure rate of about 0.8% while hormonal (levonorgestrel) devices fail about 0.2% of the time within the first year of use. In comparison, male sterilization and male condoms have a failure rate of about 0.15% and 15%, respectively. Copper IUDs can also be used as emergency contraception within five days of unprotected sex.Although copper IUDs may increase menstrual bleeding and result in painful cramps, hormonal IUDs may reduce menstrual bleeding or stop menstruation altogether. However, women can have daily spotting for several months and it can take up to three months for there to be a 90% decrease in bleeding with hormonal IUDs. Cramping can be treated with NSAIDs. More serious potential complications include expulsion (2–5%) and rarely perforation of the uterus (less than 0.7%). IUDs do not affect breastfeeding and can be inserted immediately after delivery. They may also be used immediately after an abortion.The use of IUDs increased within the United States from 0.8% in 1995 to 7.2% from the period of 2006 to 2014. The use of IUDs as a form of birth control dates from the 1800s. A previous model known as the Dalkon shield was associated with an increased risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). However, current models do not affect PID risk in women without sexually transmitted infections during the time of insertion.

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  1. iud

    The term 'IUD' stands for Intrauterine Device, which is a small contraceptive device that is inserted into a woman's uterus to prevent pregnancy. It usually works by releasing copper or progestin hormone to stop the sperm from reaching the egg.

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  1. D.U.I.

  2. DUI

  3. UDI

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of IUD in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of IUD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of IUD in a Sentence

  1. Neama Rahmani:

    It boils down to… if you're in the conservatorship, your conservator needs to decide whether you can have children and if the decision is that you're not going to have children then birth control is appropriate. So [the IUD] is something that is allowed.

  2. Ginny Ehrlich:

    Part of it is that the IUD is not the IUD that it was 20, 30 years ago.

  3. Lisa Dabney:

    The ones that we have on the market now are very, very safe; they are very different from the ones that came out in the ‘80s, [like] the DalkonShield that did have a high risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, one of the main differences was that it had a braded filament--a piece of string that hangs into the vagina-- and bacteria lived in the crevices in the string, which increased the risk of getting pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to scarring and blocked fallopian tubes. This caused a scare and caused companies to pull all IUDs [off the shelves] except for the copper IUD. But today, the string is much smoother so the bacteria can’t cling on as easily.

  4. Jennifer Landa:

    You want to consider using the copper IUD rather than the one that contains hormones. The hormone containing IUD was just shown in a study to reduce clearance of HPV.

  5. Jamie Spears:

    I wanted to take the [IUD] out so I could start trying to have another baby, but this so-called team won’t let me go to the doctor to take it out because they don’t want me to have children – any more children.

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