Intrauterine

//ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Located or taking place inside the uterus. not-comparable

    "The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive."

Adjective
  1. 1
    within the womb wordnet

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"The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive."

Etymology

From intra- + uterine.

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