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IUD
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Jud. Iud.
English
Etymology
The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an en intrauterine device.
Noun
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en Q899868 en intrauterine device<id:Q899868>.
en Catherine Pearson What to Know Before Getting an IUD w:The New York Times 2022-05-10 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/well/live/iud-birth-control.html 0362-4331 An IUD is a type of long-acting, reversible contraceptive. The small, T-shaped device is placed in the uterus and left in place to prevent pregnancy for between three and 12 years, depending on the type. https://web.archive.org/web/20220512085857/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/well/live/iud-birth-control.html
en 2022 w:Ling Ma Bliss Montage Tomorrow New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-71712-4 That, and her IUD, which had become so deeply embedded in her uterine lining that only the uninsured process of surgical extraction could remove it, had created a false narrative of childlessness.
en Jessie Gretener Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/health/hormonal-contraception-breast-cancer/index.html 2023-03-21 The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs. However, they said too few women in England had been prescribed nonhormonal IUDs to make a reliable comparison. https://web.archive.org/web/20251117075748/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/health/hormonal-contraception-breast-cancer/index.html 17 November 2025
en Deidre McPhillips Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/health/iud-birth-control-breast-cancer-risk/index.html 2024-10-17 For Dr. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, the benefits of an IUD far outweigh the risks. https://web.archive.org/web/20250911160318/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/health/iud-birth-control-breast-cancer-risk/index.html 11 September 2025
en Q2248357 en psychiatry en w:inhalant use disorder.
en 2012 The Relationship of Personality Disorders and Axis I Clinical Disorders Paul S. Links; Jamal Y. Ansari; Fatima Fazalullasha; Ravi Shah Thomas A. Widiger The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders Oxford Library of Psychology Oxford w:Oxford University Press 9780199735013 CTVpAgAAQBAJ 247 antisocialism Typically, respondents with ASPD that use inhalants often exhibited a greater level of antisocialism, and this relationship was intensified further if the inhalant user had an IUD.
en Q831735 en psychiatry en w:internet use disorder.
en barbecued chicken intestine en Philippines informal Barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food.
Translations
intrauterine device
Catalan: ca DIU m
Finnish: fi kierukka
French: fr DIU m
Galician: gl DIU m
German: de IUP n
Italian: it spirale f, it IUD, it DIU m, it dispositivo intrauterino m
Portuguese: pt DIU m
Spanish: es DIU m
Turkish: tr RİA, tr İUA, tr spiral
Anagrams
en diu D.U.I. DUI Diu IDU UDI UID Udi dui udi- uid
en Birth control
Italian
Noun
it noun m
en IUD
it DIU spirale dispositivo intrauterino
Anagrams
it diu DIU udì