intrauterine device

English

intrauterine device (plural intrauterine devices) (abbreviated as IUD)

A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
Synonym: coil

contraceptive device

Bulgarian: спира́ла (bg) f (spirála)
Catalan: dispositiu intrauterí (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宮內避孕器／宫内避孕器 (gōngnèi bìyùnqì), 子宮環／子宫环 (zh) (zǐgōnghuán)
Czech: nitroděložní tělísko
Danish: spiral c
Dutch: spiraal (nl) f, spiraaltje (nl) n
Estonian: spiraal
Finnish: ehkäisykierukka (fi), kierukka (fi)
French: dispositif intra-utérin (fr) m, DIU (fr) m, stérilet (fr) m
Galician: dispositivo intrauterino (gl) m
German: Intrauterinpessar n, Spirale (de) f
Greek: κολπικό διάφραγμα n (kolpikó diáfragma)
Hungarian: méhen belüli eszköz, spirál (hu) (informal)
Italian: dispositivo intrauterino m, diaframma (it), spirale (it) f, IUD
Japanese: 子宮内避妊器具 (しきゅうないひにんきぐ, shikyūnai hinin kigu)
Khmer: កងដាក់ក្នុងស្បូន (kɑɑng dak knong sboun)
Korean: 자궁 내 장치 (jagung nae jangchi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spiral m

Nynorsk: spiral m
Occitan: esterilet m
Polish: spirala (pl) f, wkładka (pl) f
Portuguese: dispositivo intrauterino m, DIU m
Russian: внутрима́точная спира́ль f (vnutrimátočnaja spirálʹ), ВМС (ru) f (VMS), спира́ль (ru) f (spirálʹ)
Spanish: dispositivo intrauterino m, DIU m
Swedish: spiral (sv), livmoderinlägg
Turkish: spiral (tr)

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