IUD

See also: Jud. and Iud.

English

Etymology

The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an intrauterine device.

Noun

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^[1], →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.

3. (psychiatry) Initialism of internet use disorder.
4. (Philippines, informal) barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food

Translations

intrauterine device

• Catalan: DIU (ca) m
• Finnish: kierukka (fi)
• French: DIU (fr) m
• Galician: DIU m
• German: IUP n
• Italian: spirale (it) f, IUD, DIU m, dispositivo intrauterino m
• Portuguese: DIU m
• Spanish: DIU m

Anagrams

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

Italian

Noun

IUD m

1. IUD

   Synonyms: DIU, spirale, dispositivo intrauterino

Anagrams

• DIU, udì