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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.


Etymology

Origin of Norplant

First recorded in 1985–90

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And face it, nobody in their right mind would seek the kind of lacerating publicity this Norplant decision has generated.

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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

Way before something like Norplant is coerced, there has to be serious education and the widespread availability of birth control.

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.

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A. He was upset about the Norplant decision.

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