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intra-uterine

intra-uterine is the alternative form of intrauterine.

Meaning of intrauterine

Adjective

intrauterine (not comparable)

  1. Located or taking place inside the uterus.
    • 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...2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN
    Antonyms:
    extrauterine

Forms of intra-uterine

comparativemore intra-uterine
superlativemost intra-uterine

Questions about intra-uterine

What is intra-uterine the alternative form of?
Intra-uterine is the alternative form of intrauterine.

Words near intra-uterine in the dictionary

  1. intra-octaval
  2. intra-ocular
  3. intra-operative
  4. intra-ordinary
  5. intra-page
  6. intra-uterine
  7. intra-vaginal
  8. intraabdominal
  9. intraabdominally
  10. intraacinar
  11. intraadipocyte

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