LARC
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Along with less frequently used hormonal implants that go in the arm, they are known in the reproductive health field as long-acting reversible contraception, or LARC.
From Scientific American • Apr. 25, 2019
You can get pregnant soon after removing your LARC.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2017
And that possibility of abandonment can poison the offer of the LARC, and of most everything else a doctor can offer.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2017
“With a prescription for birth control pills, patients can go out and fill it. With a LARC, if we don’t have one in the office that day, the patient has to come back.”
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2016
On the left is a large establishment known as LARC.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2016
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