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Used for things located or happening in the uterus. An intrauterine devicein-truh-YOO-ter-in dih-VICEA small T-shaped device that a health care provider places inside the uterus to prevent pregnancy.Full entry (IUD) is a small device placed in the uterus to prevent pregnancy; intrauterine growth restriction is a fetus that is not growing as expected; intrauterine fetal demise is the death of a fetus before birth; an intrauterine pressure catheter measures contraction strength in labor.
Related terms
uterus
The hollow, muscular organ in the female pelvis where a fetus grows during pregnancy; the womb.
intrauterine growth restriction
Slower than expected growth of a fetus in the uterus, with an estimated weight below the 10th percentile for its age.
placental
Relating to the placenta, the organ that grows in the uterus in pregnancy and links the mother's blood supply to the baby's.
intrauterine device
A small T-shaped device that a health care provider places inside the uterus to prevent pregnancy.