IUD

intrauterine device.

Origin of IUD

First recorded in 1960–65

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Examples from the Web for iud

Each was told by her doctor she would make her an excellent candidate for an intrauterine device, or the IUD.
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Just three years after doctors cast it off as unsuitable, the IUD is reigning supreme.
Forget The Pill, IUD Is The New Queen of Birth Control|Sarah Kunst|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From 2011-2012, we saw a 19 percent increase in IUD patients.
Forget The Pill, IUD Is The New Queen of Birth Control|Sarah Kunst|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tomorrow I get an IUD so that I can prevent pregnancy without taking the pill.
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Well then, maybe use of the pill and the IUD are on the uptick?
Is Less Sex or More Abortion to Blame for Fall in U.S. Birth Rate?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for iud

IUD

IUCD

abbreviation for

intrauterine device or intrauterine contraceptive device

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Medicine definitions for iud

IUD

abbr.

intrauterine device