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IUD

[ahy-yoo-dee] / ˈaɪˈjuˈdi /


NOUN
intrauterine device
Synonyms
WEAK
Dalkon Shield™ Lippes loop


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"I realised everything it had cost me -- all those hospitalisations, those surgeries, the schooling I missed and, above all, those pains I had never associated with that damn IUD," said Kirstine Najarak Berthelsen.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

By the late 1970s, one in two Greenlandic women of childbearing age -- at least 4,070 women -- had been fitted with an IUD, according to an investigation presented in September 2025.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Today paracervical blocks during IUD insertion in the United States remain rare.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2026

The next step is to expand the product’s reach to even more clinicians who perform IUD placements.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2026

Isabella Spector went to the Roseville, Calif., clinic to get her IUD taken out so she and her husband could start a family.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026




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