intrauterine device

intrauterine device

English

Noun

intrauterine device (plural intrauterine devices) (abbreviated as IUD)

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.

   Synonym: coil

Hyponyms

• loop

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 (zh), 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 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 Turkish: spiral (tr)