Norplant

American  

[nawr-plant] / ˈnɔrˌplænt /

Trademark.

1. a long-term contraceptive for women, usuually effective for 5 years, consisting of several small slow-release capsules of progestin implanted under the skin.

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Etymology

Origin of Norplant

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Recognizing them as the birth-control implant Norplant, Ruto began to understand the extent of the crimes that the husband and wife who ran the home might have committed.

From Seattle Times

Just so we’re clear, by making Norplant a part of public assistance, Pearce was, fairly explicitly, talking about sterilizing low-income women.

From MSNBC

"I think Probuphine's safety is adequate, due in part to the fact that we have an adequate medication already on the market using implant materials we don't doubt," said another panel member Dr. Christopher Kratochvil, referring to the implantable, progestin-releasing contraceptive Norplant.

From Reuters

The Pill and such newer, longer-lasting variants as the Norplant implant and the Depo-Provera injection do endure, however, still-effective survivors of a revolution that seems to be winding down.

From Time Magazine Archive

The consolidation of Cyanamid, which sells Centrum vitamins, and American Home, maker of Advil, Anacin and Norplant, will create the nation's fourth largest prescription-drug company.

From Time Magazine Archive