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intra-uterine, a.|ɪntrəˈjuːtərɪn, -aɪn|
Also intrauterine.
[f. intra- 1 + L. uterus: cf. uterine.]
Situated, occurring, or passed within the uterus or womb; relating to this stage of an animal's life. Applied spec. to contraceptive devices for placing in the uterus.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 69/2 In the early periods of intra-uterine life. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xii. §93 (1875) 279 An intra-uterine biography beginning with him as a microscopic germ. 1931F. W. S. Browne tr. T. H. van de Velde's Fertility & Sterility in Marriage xiv. 354 The intra-uterine appliances were based on the same principle as the vaginal; but they soon completely changed their mechanism and structure. 1969N. W. Pirie Food Resources 15 The contraceptive ideal is a treatment of some sort that makes one or other sex infertile until it is reversed. The closest approach to this ideal so far is the intrauterine device. 1972Guardian 10 July 9/2 Asking, at a Family Planning Association branch, for an intra-uterine device. |