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Mirena

British  
/ maɪˈriːnə /

noun

  1. a type of intrauterine system See IUS

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Adele has now given up bodybuilding - but she has also been put on HRT and a Mirena coil, which completely stops her monthly periods, to help her perimenopausal symptoms.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2024

She had the Mirena device inserted that December.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2022

Mirena Kim Handmade modern ceramics including vessels, platters, bowls and cups.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2021

In the original Food and Drug Administration clinical trials, the five-year rates for the copper Paragard and hormonal Mirena were 60 percent and 55 percent, respectively.

From Scientific American Apr. 25, 2019

Another 17,000 claims are pending over its discontinued permanent birth-control implant Essure, which plaintiffs allege causes injuries ranging from depression to hysterectomy, and 2,700 over its longterm birth control device Mirena.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2018

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