IUD

IUD (countable and uncountable, plural IUDs)

1. Initialism of intrauterine device.
   • 2022 May 10, Catherine Pearson, “What to Know Before Getting an IUD”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (psychiatry) Initialism of inhalant use disorder.
   • 2012, Paul S. Links, Jamal Y. Ansari, Fatima Fazalullasha, Ravi Shah, “The Relationship of Personality Disorders and Axis I Clinical Disorders”, in Thomas A. Widiger, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders (Oxford Library of Psychology), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 247:

     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.

• D.U.I., DUI, Diu, IDU, UDI, UID, Udi, dui, udi-, uid

IUD m

1. IUD

   Synonyms: DIU, spirale, dispositivo intrauterino

• DIU, udì