intrauterine device

1. 1.

   contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus

   SynonymsIUD

   Broadercontraceptive

   Narrowerloop

Questions about intrauterine device

What does intrauterine device mean?

intrauterine device means "contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus".

What is another word for intrauterine device?

Close synonyms include IUD. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intrauterine device a common word?

intrauterine device is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.