Norplant
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Norplant
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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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.
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Way before something like Norplant is coerced, there has to be serious education and the widespread availability of birth control.
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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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