Norplant
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Norplant
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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Norplant is housed in matchstick-size tubes and inserted under the skin of a woman's arm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Norplant consists of six progestin-filled silicone tubes, each about the size of a matchstick.
From Time Magazine Archive
A. Because he felt that my Norplant decision was wrong.
From Time Magazine Archive
And face it, nobody in their right mind would seek the kind of lacerating publicity this Norplant decision has generated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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